I listened to Alice in Chains' album Dirt this morning twice through while I was going through some boxes in my spare room. I mean, it was mostly noise. Nothing stood out. To each his/her own, yes?
I started to listen to my next selection Harmonium by John Adams. It's an interesting concept... orchestral and choir arrangements based on famous poetry by writers such as Emily Dickinson. I was liking it... I'll get back to it tomorrow...
Showing posts with label musicians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label musicians. Show all posts
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Challenge 3: March - A Musician/Band a Day #6 pt. 2
Drat! I fell a day behind. I've been listening to The Allman Brothers Band since Thursday. The album I've been listening to, At Fillmore East, is tauted as one of the greatest live rock recordings of all time. The recordings were made over the course of four shows at Manhattan's Fillmore East audiorium. I can see why... it's a fun romp. I've found myself tapping my toes and hands along as I work and clean to this... I can't choose which ones to star, because they're all good.
Next up... Alice in Chains' Dirt...
Next up... Alice in Chains' Dirt...
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Challenge 3: March - A Musican/Band a Day #1
28 days in February, and I wrote 22 poems... Hmm...
It was a good exercise just the same. I'll try to write them more often now. It was really easy to just throw something together first thing in the morning, or to write a few inspired words into my phone's notepad to ponder later. Some of the poems might be a good start for better poems. Others will probably never go any farther than this blog.
This month's challenge is inspired by a book I've checked out about 10 times from the library, and failed to even crack open. It's called 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listeners Life List. I like the idea of this book, because 1,000 recordings seems like a manageable goal for not a life, but a year. That was, of course, before I realized that it's "recordings" not "singles." I was going to listen to them all this month when I thought it was 1,000 individual songs. Totally doable, right? Then, I realized that was still too much for a month if I was really going to savor every song, so I thought, "Hey, I'll spread it out over a couple months." That would've been 15 songs a day. It was just after this that I opened the book to the first artist and saw that it was "recordings" as in "albums." That blew the whole original idea. Instead, I'll just start working my way through the book and listen to a new album a day. If I run across an album I already know really well, I won't listen to it again or write about it, but I'll mention it in the blog. Fun!
Oh, and in case you're interested, there's a Spotify list that's been created based on this book. I've actually been listening to this from time to time since discovering the book (probably a year or more ago). It's a fun listen if you just want to experience a few new sounds or enjoy some old ones.
Incidentally, I'm listening to the first album right now...
It was a good exercise just the same. I'll try to write them more often now. It was really easy to just throw something together first thing in the morning, or to write a few inspired words into my phone's notepad to ponder later. Some of the poems might be a good start for better poems. Others will probably never go any farther than this blog.
This month's challenge is inspired by a book I've checked out about 10 times from the library, and failed to even crack open. It's called 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listeners Life List. I like the idea of this book, because 1,000 recordings seems like a manageable goal for not a life, but a year. That was, of course, before I realized that it's "recordings" not "singles." I was going to listen to them all this month when I thought it was 1,000 individual songs. Totally doable, right? Then, I realized that was still too much for a month if I was really going to savor every song, so I thought, "Hey, I'll spread it out over a couple months." That would've been 15 songs a day. It was just after this that I opened the book to the first artist and saw that it was "recordings" as in "albums." That blew the whole original idea. Instead, I'll just start working my way through the book and listen to a new album a day. If I run across an album I already know really well, I won't listen to it again or write about it, but I'll mention it in the blog. Fun!
Oh, and in case you're interested, there's a Spotify list that's been created based on this book. I've actually been listening to this from time to time since discovering the book (probably a year or more ago). It's a fun listen if you just want to experience a few new sounds or enjoy some old ones.
Incidentally, I'm listening to the first album right now...
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