Music on Thursday

Who I’m listening to this week… getting my inner jazz groove going.

Pat Metheny – Always something unique and mellow. 

Ottmar Liebert – German Flamenco with a little Zen Buddhism mixed in.

We used to call a lot of Jazz "elevator music". Must be a sign of age that I really like it now.  Real musicianship instead of cookie-cutter pop.

Happy Monday?

You know it was a rough weekend when you actually look forward to going to work on a Monday morning.  If you have or have had teenage daughters you might know what I mean.

On the plus side, did somebody mention wings?

Music for a Thursday

As someone who loves and enjoys several kinds of music I’m often looking for sounds that hearken back to the bands and musicians I loved back in the 60's and 70's.

Who I’m listening to now:

O.A.R. – I love their “we make music the way we like and if you like it great if you don’t no worries” attitude.

Jack Johnson – His songs and sound remind me of many nights sitting with friends in the mountains and playing simple basic ballads with a pure acoustic soul.

Mumford and Sons – Unique and honest sound that I can’t really categorize right now but I like it.

Dreamin' about fishin...

Winter Melancholy

Deep dark days of winter always remind me of days spent on the beach of some distant Jimmy Buffett kind of island.  I’m very apt to put beach wallpaper on my computer at work to remind me of warm sunny peaceful days.  My computer has a few surfing pictures even though I’ve never surfed.  I grew up in the Rocky Mountains where skiing (not snow-boarding please) ruled our thoughts.  My friends and I would get our skis out and wax them in September and watch the mountains for that beautiful white smoke that would soon blanket our peaks.  I remember turning in pop bottles at the corner grocery store so I could get enough money for a lift ticket and then begging my brothers or friends for a ride up the canyon for a Saturday of cutting turns.

I have a few skiing pictures on my computer but always gravitate to the sunny beach and surfing pictures to warm my thoughts at this time of year.  I’ll get a few days of skiing in this year as my stumpy knees will allow but at this point in my life the beach sounds pretty good.