Variety in music is crucial. (see thread at the bottom, for a random discussion). Many of us include it as a nearly daily staple, kinda like eating! Having been an editor of a digital music lyrics project for 4 years at Gracenote also subjected me to loads of good (and bad) music. Bill Evans said you don't have to ever have heard a genre of music to know if something you're listening to is good or not. From Iris Dement to Oscar Peterson, Beth Orton, Bruce Cockburn, King Khan & The Shrines to Trio Garufa and The Black Keys, this is true. Here are a few random leads:
Visceral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEXCF_X7mY&a=GxdCwVVULXenjEbkovwZlkdJkb3fHFoD&list=ML&playnext=1http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFqICxsb3Mek (Eric Lindell, roots, actually Sean Carey singing a blown up jam)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcc07MyG1aU&feature=related (Black Keys)http://www.myspace.com/peterjosephburtt (Peter Joseph Burtt, Hand to Mouth, and scroll down to try The Way You Move)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKXBeXt2cow (Jeff Massanari)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkBOi2x6zH8&feature=related (Lykke Li, ok, kinda funky but unique and fairly visceral)
Ephemeral
Like the 'saudade' of Brazilian bossa, ambient, or.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86MwK3TT9og&p=FB0882D47D960C35&playnext=1&index=2 (Astrud Gilberto, rocking, kind of)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svzv-YkUzdk&feature=related (Bill Frisell, going into his ambient place)http://www.myspace.com/adrianjost (Trio Garufa, try Gamulan 'electrotango')http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbnDCB5ym0 (Cat Power, pretty sublime, with but a guitar accompaniment) http://www.myspace.com/samamidon (Sam Amidon, scroll down, play Saro late in the day; sounds kind of like what being single feels like at this stage)
Variety
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMC_5FxdULY (Thomas Mapfumo, great while you work)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twn0DUlt0rw (forget Coryell's schoolmarm look, dig the groove and wait for the bass solo!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklK0qh4HPI (Tik Tok? For uke, and eye appeal)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaCbJmIn5qc&feature=related (Sila and The Afrofunk Experiemce)http://www.myspace.com/myspacekraft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekZPDRAP5T8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htHuugvEAA&feature=related http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rb-funk.html 100 Greatest Funk Songs
The Secret -- What are they doing now?
Mitch Tobias (San Francisco Bay Area)
Photographyhttp://www.mitchtobias.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mitch-Tobias-Photographer-Fan-Page/280159351884
Musichttp://www.chronicbliss.com/chronicbliss/
Mitch's more classical / nylon string guitar album Hardcore Domestic is not on his site yet, but it's tasty.
The 'How I Met Donald Fagen' letter is spectacular/wonderful. And, but, how was the concert Mitch??http://www.chronicbliss.com/chronicbliss/letters.html 'Ape' Projecthttp://www.tikimania.com/ape.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlYvHHvvuLM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzGabBDuHA4
Jason Wizelman (Brooklyn, NY)
Digital Design/Branding http://www.nice-design.com/
This is almost like having a glass of wine with Jason (ok, not quite almost)http://www.nice-design.com/Personal.php
Dave Levison (SF Bay Area)
Music/Sound Design/Projectshttp://www.h-machine.com/
'Zonk' Project with lovely wife Nichttp://www.zonkaholics.com/showcase/index#http://www.zonkaholics.com/showcase/montage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-5d7wcz7j0
Paul Scriver (sophisticated, mature cosmopolitan sometime Bay Area resident)http://www.paulscriver.com/ http://www.paulscriver.com/compositions.html
David Feldstein (!)http://www.artistshousemusic.org/node/5369/4602
Thanks to Donnie and Giulia for welcoming me to O'Neil's Open mics -- that was fun, playing music again Related folks
John Lawton / Rodeo Clowns (good danceable Bay Area band)http://rodeoclownsband.com/
Shawn Evans (vibey Bay Area singer songwriter)http://shawnevans.com/
Kevy Nova (fired up promotional Bay Area rocker)http://www.kevynova.com/?section=home
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Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.
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