Bigbro's foray into the scary world of blogging
30 01 2008
Every now and again, I forget quite how much I Ienjoy listening to music - and every now and again, I get a reminder. On the way into work for a change at 7am this morning, I plugged in my MP3 player, which had lain dormant in my bag for too long. Thirty minutes later I had listened to a chunk of Gordon by the Barenaked Ladies, Futures by Jimmy Eat World and a couple of tracks from Minstrel Party by Ensemble Craft, a CD largely created by a good friend of mine, Nik Harrison. So much great music - it certainly softened the blow of having to get up in the wee small hours...
Music is hugely important to me, and I've been making a concious decision to play more of it - but sometimes I forget quite how much enjoyment I get out of listening to other people's music. I've been listening to the Steve Tilston box set recently, and it's the first time I've heard his version of Slipjigs and Reels, a song I've recorded in the past, though from the version by North Cregg rather than the original Steve Tilston one.
Perhaps me rediscovering my MP3 player is akin to someone else discovering a long lost CD, wiping the dust off, and having a listen after a long absence. Only instead of one artist's work I rediscovered many - and instead of 74 minutes, I found lots more. While writing this article and listening to Futures I contemplates making a musicology joke encompassing songwriting about junk bonds, stocks and shares... but that just seems crass now :-)
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