Ah Musik!

     Ah, musik!   We all know it comes from different origins.  Every country has its own background and styles, but they all come with an equal ground…to help.  How do you figure, some of you may ask?  Simply put, to relieve stress, anxiety, celebrations, and anything in between. 

     Stop and think about it…when was the first time that you, yourself, recall listening to music?  Were you a little kid listening to it at church, or maybe someone in your family sang around the home?  Everyone has their first recollection of listening to music and many times that is a fond memory for them.  Others were able to feel the music through its vibrations and determining which emotion to follow.

     Musik is a glorious thing!  For me, I recall hearing all genres of music while growing up (something to which I passed onto my own children).  I can bet my last dollar that my parents sang to me when I was very little, but I honestly cannot remember.  My kids, however, probably can recall when I sang to them as I was only allowed to sing them two songs very well…but if I went past those two, to try another lullaby their little hands would cover my lips.  It didn’t bother me as I know I am not the best singer out thereJ.  They on the other hand, sing like angels!  Anyway, as a child of the 70s and teen in the 80s, my parents had albums from Iron Butterfly to CCR to Jimmy Horton to the hits of the 50s & 60s to Steppenwolf to Ricky Nelson to Waylon Jennings and just about everything in between!  Then it was the reel to reel player!  Ah what a glorious machine that was, by allowing you to record all of your albums onto multiple reel tapes for the ultimate playback.  The fantastic thing about this player was that you did not have to stop what you were doing to change the records on the stereo…it was all right there the A and B sides!  Of course, we had the 8 tracks as well, but sometimes those tapes would “get eaten”…kind of like the cassette tapes from time to time.  Nothing like having a good tape losing its’ use from having gotten screwed up in the machine that was playing.

     How deep is your love of music?  Can you survive a day without it, or do you find yourself needing that “tune fix”?  For me, personally, I want to hear my musik every day.  The best job I had in the world (I don’t consider being a mother a job I feel it’s a blessing and a lifetime I wouldn’t change anything for.), was when I was a dj aka disc jockey some years ago.  It was AWESOME!  When you have a love of musik so great and you get the opportunity to become a dj or as some call it now “radio announcer” you jump on that chance.  Of course, I played all types of music…for whatever genre the station manager and owner wanted for certain time periods.  The time period I loved the most was in the late 80s when we had Anthrax, Metallica, AC/DC, Kiss and all in the middle.  However, I was able to adjust when we then went to an all country station, then the jump to all oldies.  Yes, it was always a pretty drastic change, but the owner/manager preferred to listen to whatever some of the people wanted.  Ironically enough when you live in a semi small community, the teens wanted the rock music, the baby boomers preferred the oldies, and the elders jumped at the joy of having country.  I guess you can say he satisfied everyone’s tastes in their music preferences.  Either way it was a great job to have…I still miss it from time to time.

     My love of musik comes from years of enjoyment that have been graciously passed on from my parents.  Every day I listen to musik, whether it is on the radio, vinyl, mp3 player, even in the store.  And sometimes when I listen to my tunes you can catch me whistling through my teeth (a trait passed on from good ole dad J) so as not to freak others out with the sound of my singing voice haha. 

     I, too, hope that you have fond music memories which you can easily relate to in these modern times.  Remember that whatever type of music you prefer it is a healthy release from negative energies.  Stand strong, stand tall, enjoy life and listen to your tunes while you live your lives.

     As always, don’t forget to also support your local band(s) and musician as the music flows just as thickly through their veins as it does the well-established bands.  Until next time, rock on and enjoy life!