Wk2-2 DB Quickies: CD Ownership, Music Sharing or Spontaneous Listening

Topic #1

Can you remember the first song that really touched you emotionally? 

I thinking back in my life I know there were many songs that impacted my ways of thinking, my mood, my understanding of the world.  My preferences as far back as I can remember have been some form of Christian music.  All of these have a message that encourages, challenges, teaches me.  But, the song I remember most is one whose background is totally false. 

The Phil Collins song "In the Air Tonight" was described to me as written by Collins as a response to a drowning of one of his close friends, and there was a man who could have saved his life, but refused.  Immediately I was drawn and pulled into the story and spent a lot of time analyzing the lyrics.  I was moved by the emotion and often imagined being in that setting and watching a friend of mine die, while someone could have saved them. 

In reality He claims he wrote the song as a narrative of his divorce to his wife.  It was, and still is, amazing to me of the power of our minds to create such emotion.

Week 2 1 DB - CD Ownership, Music Sharing or Spontaneous Listening

I used to be a big purchaser of CD's, as many as 4-5 a week.  Then, I got married and cut my purchases to 10-15 a year.  Now, with 2 daughters and another due April 22nd I don't purchase CD's anymore.  If I hear a band I like I might buy a song or two, or possibly the album from iTunes, but I rarely purchase a CD.

We have constant music playing at our house when we are not watching a show.  We find this light music in the background calms the house and fills our space with pleasing sounds.  I listen to pandora.com when I am doing homework or reading and stick mostly to instrumental guitar.  I have found I need a little background sound to help me stay focused on what I am doing.

At work we use music for our chapel services as welcome sounds for the prelude.  We get albums from all sorts of people who want us to play something in particular and have memberships with the main 3 music copyright license companies.  Music has a way of drawing our students into a shared environment instead of the separate lives of college life.