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Greetings. So I figured since I've had this blog for a couple weeks now and have not actually POSTED anything yet, I should at least attempt to say something.
So here I am, in B.C., adjusting to life here and trying to balance all the spinning plates around me. At least that's how it feels a lot recently, like I'm struggling to find a balance between the Tyranny of the Urgent and living a purposeful, meaningful life that transcends survival and is not rooted in Consumerism, but is driven by stewardship and powered by faith. How do you like that run-on sentence? Anyway, I find that in my life, one of the best barometers of were I'm at is the music that I gravitate to at any given time. I guess in some ways the Music I listen to is a diary of sorts, not necessarily lyrically, but in a more visceral way; a lot of times the tone, mood, and essence of a song reflects me in some way. Don't get me wrong, sometimes I just want to rock out or chill out and in some ways, I guess the music I choose then reflects that as well, but more often I think I choose music because some aspect of it resonates with something within me intellectually, emotionally, or spiritually. That's why I love making mix CDs and listening to other people's mixes.
On that note, I thought that I would share a song from an album that I've found myself loving recently. The album is Sunsets and Sushi (Experiments in Spectral Deconstruction) by the David Crowder Band. It's mostly a collection of electronic remixes of previous material from the band, but while other remix albums seem to be a lame way to push tired reworkings of songs, each song on this album seems to take on a new life and become something new, or at least riff off of something different than the original version did. It's one of those albums that you need to listen to a few times to really digest, but there's just something about it that feels very authentic and unforced, and like all the music I like, the songs really do resonate with something in me as the listener. Here is the song "Intoxicating" from the album, possibly my favorite from the album at the moment.If you like it, I highly recommend getting the whole album which is only 8 songs, and is less than $8 on itunes. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the song and maybe it will resonate with you like it does with me, or maybe in an entirely different way. I guess that's one great thing about music.
