@HarleyGirlKate Santana is one of the best !!! His life story AND music is very inspiring and transcendent. Sometimes I play Santana on repeat. His wife also made a line of shoes and handbags that I crush over. Rocker edge meets Frye.
Joe Satriani, flying in a blue dream album is also amazing.
Bongos are a skill set all their own. Do you play other instruments too ?
Had an unfortunate experience to hear Matthew McConaughey play them and it was not soo good. 😂
@SunshineHug Oh, I agree! Haha, sorry about your "unfortunate experience." 😁
I'm not particularly musically inclined but I enjoy playing nonetheless. The closest I get to playing for other people is once or twice a year I pop an edible, which greatly improves my playing, lol, and do the street music thing. I also play conga, and dabble with a cheap electric guitar my partner bought me last year. Also enjoy playing soprano recorder. Started with an alto recorder I found in a thrift store, but found it uncomfortable to play because it was too large for my hands.
Of all of these instruments I play kind of badly, I'm probably the best with bongos. Conga drums, I found, seem deceptively easy when you first pick them up but in fact have a lot of possibilities that requires much practice. Same is true of bongos, but I knew that going in because my girlfriend in college played them and did so well. (She was a Music major.)
How about you? Do you play?
@CSnMUS87 Easily album of the year so far!
This is suprisingly good.
@HarleyGirlKate That’s very captivatingly refreshing as it’s hard to play any musical instrument. Edibles, peach taffy chews, are some of the best snacks in life ! 🤗 It’s some of the best stress relief while soothing others too. 😆 All of my older siblings played guitar 🎸 in bands and I occasionally try to sing 🎤. The frisson goosebumps from music makes me feel more grounded and appreciative of the little moments. Music is a perfect way to connect and escape and relax. 😎 I’ve heard some artists in this thread that are not conventional mainstream but so talented.
@SunshineHug Thank you. 🙂 I certainly find it hard but that is cool because I am at peace with music being something I do for myself.
Peach taffy sounds pretty wonderful, I gotta say!
That is neat you sing. I agree with you about music being a good way to connect, escape and relax. I find drumming is useful for me because I can make myself feel how I want based on how I play--from relaxed to manic to somewhere in-between.
Sometimes I like to go lift weights in my basement and play my drums very aggressively between sets. I only do that on days when my partner is at work, lol.
Other times. I like to drum in a soothing, quiet way that helps me with prayer and meditation.
So I wanted to share it starting at a specific time but my phone won't let me do that. However the little song in my head starts at 0:36 seconds and runs for 10 seconds until 0:46. All of the organ music at PNC Park is pre-recorded since the organist passed away in 2009. It all makes me happy.
This song - the lyrics, the theme - everything cheers me up
Revisiting some of my favorites from high school and beyond... There's a podcast called "The Cobain 50" from KEXP - Kurt Cobain's 50 favorite albums, as found on a list he wrote down at some point and was found/kept/made public.
An old (for me) classic
sways slowly
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