Wednesday, November 08/17
In previous blog entries I've mentioned my love of music and how my son seems to have picked up that trait from me, how we love to share new discoveries with one another, seemingly trying to outdo the other with our finds. Well the trend continues, much to my delight.
Monday we went to dinner at my daughters to celebrate her fiances birthday and once we got home he headed off to take a shower in order to save himself some time on Tuesday morning as that is one of his early days for classes. Nothing magical or special about that other than the thought that went into reaching that decision, I say jokingly but with some admiration that he understands the time pressures he feels on Tuesday and Thursday's and is taking steps to minimize them.
So he grabbed his Sony SRS-XB2 speaker and headed off to his shower while I put some things away in the kitchen. Before I was done I had to stop as the song playing caught my attention with some serious instrumentals that totally had me moving around without even knowing it, so I grabbed my iPhone and stood in the hallway and Shazamed the song. Now my son does like some instrumentals but that has remained my genre for the most part, until now it seems.
For those wondering the song was "Warriors" by Too Many Zooz. It has a killer beat that totally has me popping my head every time I hear it, how much popping you wonder, well I had my ear buds in yesterday listening to it while working on a deferred revenue reconciliation and I looked up to see my boss and every one else in the group just standing there smiling at me as I was totally lost in the music.
I've attached the YouTube video link in case any of you are interested in listening to it and finding out what has me so pumped. There visual is nothing more than the album cover but you don't come for the sight but rather the sound :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkza0QJA0rA
As I downloaded the song from Apple music it gave me suggestions for similar artists and it was like hitting the mother lode of all time. A couple of the other songs/artists I downloaded included "Best Things" by Lucky Chops, "3am Bounce" by NO BS! Brass, and "Crazy LA Blues" from Broken Brass Ensemble. My son added another to my list when he suggested I take a listen to "Walking with Elephants" by Ten Walls, and once more he hit a hole on one, I couldn't resist a golf reference, sorry, not sorry.
The one thing each of these songs has in common is a very underlying beat that reaches deep inside my chest to make me feel the music in a way that most songs don't. They literally have me swaying and wanting to move about, something that I'm really not known for in the least.
I repaid my debt to him by suggesting he take a listen to an all girl indie group from Toronto called The Beaches and in particular he listen to "Gold", "Money", and "Late Show".
So if you have a few moments feel free to take a listen to any mentioned in today's blog and let me know what you think or if you have some suggestions you'd like to pass along.
My name is Marcus and this is my little running dialogue on being single, trying to be the best father possible, learning how to be a better person, mastering my wedge from 60 yards, and maybe, just maybe crossing paths with the one who is imperfectly perfect for me.
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