lil bit of this....lil bit of that...

One day, a few years ago, I was walking along a path all by myself listening to music and just enjoying nature. All of a sudden I started thinking about how much I love soundtracks and how interesting it is when a certain song comes on at a certain time in your life and it is perfect, as if part of a movie. As if someone or something had planned it out to happen, like someone is writing your life and choosing music at peak points to really demonstrate the importance of the time in life.

If I was able to arrange a soundtrack to my life, what would it sound like? I can easily choose songs to represent my past...but the future that is the hard part. Every story has to have a climax...I would have to choose the hard times in the future, pick the songs to go with those hard times. Then, how in the world would I be able to pick the song to the peak of my life....or a song that would be able to represent the power a single life has. Thats tough. I think it would be really interesting though. I have been thinking about this for years now, I think it is about time to put some sort of collection together. What a fun project!

Even more fun, picking music to represent my dad's life. I already have some really great songs for my dad's days in the 70's....as I would picture him. Of course it would be based on some of his tales, some family members information, and mostly just how I knew him. What a fun way to document a life. I think about kids and how they respond to certain music better than other music. What if we started paying attention to music not just pictures. Just an idea.

It reminds me of the movie Across the Universe. It is a movie made completely out of the Beatle's songs, and what is cool is that they could easily make a movie and have the music fit perfectly around it because a lot of what was written was relevant to the times and what was going on around them. Some of it is a little far fetched, but I think its really interesting. Now there are bands that have albums that tell stories, which is a good idea. To write about what goes on everyday, those really are the ones that I love to listen to.

Music is one of those things that impact us all quite a bit, we go to restaurants its playing in the back ground. We are shopping, there it is quietly playing in the speakers above. We watch movies, and those songs are one of the things that make movies so great. Its around us all, all of the time. It is the times we don't normally hear music, with surroundings that aren't normal. Those are the times that make it so perfect. In movies it is easy to put a perfect song on top of a scene. In life you can't do that. So those times that it happens, you remember forever. At least I do. It makes me appreciate it all so much more. I think about some very important parts of my life (or life in general) and I wish there was more music playing. When it is there though, it does make everything better. I remember times just laying around,listening to music with someone I love...those are the time that I remember. What about the first time you realized you were in love. The first time you felt a undefinable pain...or even undefinable 'high'. I want music to go with those memories.

Lesson for the day... bring your headphones and your ipod and go for a walk! It makes everything better.

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