Like my friend Jana-Rae, I want to talk about music today. About one song I should say (there may be many more songs in the coming weeks).
Music is important to me. I love listening to it, singing to it; I only wish that I had the time and patience to create it!
This instrumental means a lot to me. I only heard it this summer but I know it's going to be one of those songs that I'll turn up when it comes on through my car stereo/headphones/computer speaker/you get the idea...
I'll tell you the story of when I first heard this song.
The camp staff that I had the privilege to work with this summer, as well as myself, had decided to take a weekend retreat to Gitwinksihlkw (an hour North-ish of Terrace) one weekend. The trip started terribly; we didn't leave the camp until late. Everyone was suffering from a severe lack of sleep, and I had to drive the whole five hours. One of my supervisors, who was riding shotgun (she's an '07 B.Ed grad from our program!) had to stop 5 minutes away from our destination to throw up (the road to Gitwinksihlkw is really curvy). We ended of arriving at our destination at 3 AM. After settling in, I finally got to go to sleep at 3:30. Well, we all had to wake up 5 hours later because a few of my friends were playing in a brass band in the River Boat Days parade (fun fact: their entry won 1st place).
This trip sounds really really bad so far... It gets better! Of course, I wake up still tired BUT shortly after I wake up, Nick (the guy who lives at the house the guys were staying in) turns on his PS3 and begins to blast this song on the TV's stereo.
Immediately I was like "whoa" this song is awesome! My spirits were lifted and I had a feeling that that day was going to be a great one. I knew that I had just created a lasting memory. This song will be forever associated with standing in that living room and thinking how good I've got it.
Play the song again, or for the first time. Turn it up!
It's awesome how music affects us. It's awesome how much influence art has on our thoughts and feelings, be them positive or negative.
Where would we be without it?
I love how music can turn things around. I love that you say it made you think of good you've got it! Thanks for introducing me to a great piece of music :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I just heard about Broken Social Scene on Randy Bachman's show! He described them as a loose collection of musical artists around Toronto that all play for different groups and don't do this for commercial success but for the creative aspect. Hmmmm....sounds pretty neat. Maybe that's because they were not trying to make music that would sell. Might be neat to make a class collection of mood music - what are the songs that make your students feel positive, empowered, etc.? Something to play in the classroom as needed.
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