Today I'm grateful for music. For the songs and lyrics that give voice to my feelings. For the rhythms and rhymes that stir my emotions and comfort my soul. For the movements and melodies that take me to a different place in time and pushes me forward in my life's journey.
Victor Hugo said it best when he said music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. Writing is how I express myself best, but more oftentimes than not, music is what inspires me to put pen to paper. Or fingers to keyboard in this case. As a consummate observer of life, I participate by soaking in my surroundings, taking in the sights, smells and sounds around me. I turn to music to evoke these images recorded in my mind, bringing forth memories that move me to expound on my feelings.
As much as I love my Zune, when I have to put in time in front of the computer, the easiest way to add a soundtrack to my writing is to turn to my Myspace page and let my playlist run in the background. I add a new song now and again if one catches my ear, but the majority are my personal classics, ones I've enjoyed for a long time and have special meaning to me. Sometimes for the newer songs I'll take a break from writing and look up the lyrics and have my own private karaoke party. C'mon, I'm Filipino. I can't write about music without mentioning karaoke.
I'm posting my playlist and when I have time I will update this post to link them to their lyrics (if applicable) or the artists' website (how did we function before internet?) for my own convenience. Truth be told, this is just a tiny fraction of the variety of artists and music genres I listen to, but they're all I could find so far on Playlist.com.
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
The Way I Am -
Falling in Love in a Coffe Shop - Landon Pigg
You Give Me Something - James Morrison
Love Song - Sara Bareilles
She - Elvis Costello
The Prayer (featuring Charlotte Church) - Josh Groban (the playlist mislabeled this one)
Moody's Mood for Love - Elliott Yamin
The Nearness of You - Norah Jones
Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder
One Flight Down - Norah Jones
At Last - Etta James
Whenever, Wherever, Whatever - Maxwell
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
Lost Without U - Robin Thicke
The Way I Are - Timbaland
Together Again - Janet Jackson
Let's Make a Memory - Bon Jovi
Whoops Now! - Janet Jackson
Falling Down - Duran Duran
Nite Runner - Duran Duran
Biggest Part of Me - Take 6
Fragile - Sting
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
That's All - Michael Buble
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
We Could Be in Love - Lea Salonga
What Am I to You? - Norah Jones
Take Off Your Cool - Norah Jones
It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis
September - Earth Wind & Fire
That's the Way of the World - Earth Wind & Fire
Time to Say Good Bye - Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Thank You - Dido
This Ain't a Scene, Its an Arms Race - Fall Out Boys
The Only Difference - Panic at the Disco
Spoiled - Joss Stone
Music - Joss Stone (featuringi Lauryn Hill)
That's How you Know - From Enchanted
(Another Song) All Over Again - Justin Timberlake
Requiem - Mozart
Voi Che Sapete - The Marriage of Figaro
Fantasy Impromptu - Chopin
Silence - Beethoven
Sinfonia - Philharmonia Baroque
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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