music

I'm sure all of us realize music has amazing power...it has the power to make you happy, sad, help you remember things lost on the pathways of your mind, helps you relax or make you dance. 

Music is communication. There were times when I had the feeling this song was speaking directly to me, or about me.  Of course, songs don't necessarily need to have lyrics to provide a desired effect. One song that comes to mind, DJ Tiesto - Adagio for strings, made me realize how music can express exactly what you feel. Some songs get you with the lyrics, others with the beat, and some (those rare ones) come with the whole package. For me, these are : Within Temptation - Angels, Blue Stone - Worlds apart.

Some songs are perfect to shake that booty. They give you the foundation for movement freedom, when all that matters is you and the beat : Pussycat Dolls - When I grow up,  The Fat Boys - The twist, Pink - So what, etc.

As so many things on this earth, music has encountered evolution. Each decade provided its stars, each generation grooved to their idols : you had the 60s with The Beatles, Bee Gees, Sonny and Cher - just to name a few. The 70s gave us ABBA, Boney M, Chicago, Neil Diamond, Elton John. 

My personal favorite decades - the 80s and 90s, whose music enriched my life brought : Kim Wilde, Sandra, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Roxette, Depeche Mode, Alice Cooper, A-Ha, Within Temptation, Mylene Farmer, Kylie Minogue and many many more (not to mention the explosion of boy/girl bands).

Most of my life I was a huge fan of pop music, then rock sneaked up on me (to my delight), however lately I'm focusing on more "abnormal" music so to speak : trance, new age, electronic.Therefore I enjoy the music of Enya (with whom I share the same birthday, 20 years apart), Amethystium, Sleepthief, Blue Stone, DJ Tiesto, Enigma.

Blue Stone holds a special place in my heart. I came in contact with their music about 2 years ago when a dear friend of mine, Vlad, sent me a song from their album "Worlds apart" called "Worlds apart (Searching for you)" - go figure. The vocals were provided by Sheyenne Rivers and the song is simply breathtaking - I call it my soul healing song. Whenever I'm sad, or feel lonely, I listen to it and it helps me cope. Their new album just came out in July and of course, being the fan that I am, bought it - the sound is different, but nonetheless amazing - personal favorite "Moving forward".

I could talk on and on about the artists/bands I admire, or the endless list of songs I listen to, and it's constantly changing, but it would take me FOREVER to do that.

So bottom line, for me, a world without music is a world I don't want to live in. To me, music is as important as breathing. Music does make the world go round!