Musical stuff

[Appleblossom]

Yes  @KurraI think that is what I sensed a few times and so decided to go with the recorder more seriously. Piano and recorder are so different .. hard to compare.  I will always love the piano and its repertoire but cos of neck will never play very well agiain ... just a fact of life I had to face .. which is why I went into singing ... which I also love .. but I am an instrumentalist at heart ...

wots even funnier @GonePirate is that I dont know the song .. only the yoga position .. and that we have the lotus as a symbol for a group I belong to .... eg it can even grow beautiful in the rubbish ...

[GonePirate]

that's fair cos I knew the song but not the yoga pose until I looked it up 😄

[Kurra]

It sure is GP!

[Kurra]

I was in Braidwood last night celebrating one of my long term and very dear muso mate's 75th birthday. Following drinks a a very good meal at one of the local pubs we returned to my mates place for coffee and more birthday cake. This mad muso put on a couple of our relatively recent CDs. Not amazingly this set us off on a trip down memory lane. A good trip too.
While we were at the pub we were talking to someone who owns an art gallery in the town. Our discussion on art we were discussing how any artist's worst critic is the artist regardless of which art form is involved.
Conversation then turned to music and it turned out that this person is a professional muso too. More to the point it appears we may well have a new band member so we'll be conducting an audition next week.

I lobbed home well after midnight excited and needing to play. So I was still practising well after 3 this morning. Needless to say I broke my personal rule about not sleeping during the day. The buzz of the musical high beats mania hands down.

[BlueBay]

Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but ........

Today I did music therapy for the first time.  It was part of my day's program as an outpatient.

The psychoogist conducting the therapy group brought a few differrent instruments.  She started to play the keyboard and it was emotional, it is amazing how music can do that.

She then played 'We will rock you' and we had to use the instruments to tap to the beat.  And then she played "mammia mia".  I walked out of there feeling okay, music therapy was okay.

Looking forward to next weeks' class.  We may even look at writing songs. That will be fun.

[Kurra]

That's fantastic @BlueBay
Music has amazing powers and I'm so glad you found it beneficial.
Anything related to music can be posted here. So keep on adding your thoughts and feelings about how music helps you.
I'm so pleased for you!

[BlueBay]

Thanks @Kurra for your reply.

I'm hoping to enjoy it again next week.  I'll let you know.  It's amazing how I can relate to some songs, the words are exactly what my life is at the moment.

The new song from Delta Goodrem  (Dear Life) is beautiful. But I get emotional each time I hear it.

[Kurra]

Hi @BlueBay
Being emotional is not always a negative thing. Finding that the beauty of a song is so great that you end up crying is not unusual or it isn't for me and I certainly know of many people who react this way and they don't have an MI to my knowledge.

Music can make us happy or sad and it can also bring us to a place of calm or excitement. The question that needs to be asked is 'Do you enjoy it '?

[BlueBay]

I did enjoy it. When the psychologist played her own music coming from her heart (as she said) the music took me back to my childhood.  It was like i was day dreaming of my childhood and I could feel the tears.

It was a nice piece of music she played. 🙂

[Kurra]

Next time you see her, ask what the piece was. Once you know you may be able to find a recording of that piece.