Breaking some Bells

The latest band to take over my listening enjoyment happens to be a little group known as Broken Bells...I've been listening to the album for 3 weeks now at a rate of pretty much non-stop. I could continue to talk about how great it is, but you should probably just listen to it yourself. It also got me thinking...where did the name Broken Bells come from? I don't really know I have gotten around to finding out what the inspiration for the name was but all in due time I suppose. I thought of few names for my future band, even though I dont really sing and play no instruments well enough to even be considered a musician. Possibilities include.....The Smash and Grab Job and The Lords of Misrule. I'm not exactly sure where I came up with these, but I just like they way they sound. Maybe thats where Broken Bells came from.

Blogging Failure

I truly am a blogging failure. Its not that I dont have enough time, I have plenty of time. I think that I just take too much time thinking about something interesting to say or write about when I should actually just write whatever is on my mind. Isn't that the whole point? For example, the other day I made this, if I must say so myself, incredible mix CD. I think I'm pretty good at making mixed CDs. I wish someone would pay me to do it. Maybe I should try to be that guy who picks out songs for movies. Is that even a job? Maybe I should find out

"The Great Salt Lake" Continued

So far this blog is not off too a good start, its been a little over week and I'm still on one song. Anyway, continuing on...This song for obvious reasons reminds me of the time that I spent in Utah, the home of the actual Great Salt Lake, a true natural wonder. A truly was a quite a sight to be able to see the some come up over the mountains and see the sun glisten off the lake, it was a beautiful thing...even though up close the lake it self really is a salty, smelly, and rather unattractive body of water. But as for my time spent in Utah, a state that is truly misunderstood by those who have never really spent time there I might add, it is a time in my life I will never forget. I met many amazing people whom are still a big part of my life, although, at this point I find that I have almost lost touch with some of them, every time that I go back, its as if I never left. It was in Utah that I first discovered what it was like to live on my own at the ripe at of 19. I thought I knew everything, turns out I didn't know much at all. It was in Utah that I first fell in love, it is a remarkable feeling...even if it doesn't last you will always know what it feels like and never forget it. Yes, I did fall in love in one aspect, in terms of a woman and a relationship, but I also fell in love with a place and a group of people that touched my life in ways I will never forget. When I hear this song it may or may not have anything to do with the feelings that I felt but I hear at that is what I think of at thats all that really matters.

In addition to the state of Utah, this song also brings to mind the Summer of 2009. The music video to this particular song features the great summer pastime slowpitch softball. It was this pastime that I feel led to appreciate another group of friends and to fall in love again. That summer, like the state of Utah and my time spent there, has forever changed my life led me to find and meet people that I will never forget and that feeling of being in love that is unmistakable.

"The Great Salt Lake" - Band of Horses

I guess you could say that this song was one of the main influences for starting this blog. I was driving home from work last night and as usual the music was blaring and then the idea was just there. I know I am not alone when I say this but whenever I am listening to a song my brain takes me on an adventure into the past, present, and the future. I think about the places that I have been and how that song reminds me of that place or that experience even if that songs was never heard while experiencing those things. In addition whenever I hear other songs it reminds me of when I first heard that song and where I was and what I was doing, etc whether I was happy or sad and the list goes on. I would say more or less this blog will be a musical scrapbook, but it will also be a way for me to express how music makes me feel here and now and how that will influence my future as well. With that said and as sappy as that may sound, I really just hope that I will enjoy myself by doing this and I hope that others might enjoy themselves as well and also share their opinions and stories about the never ending soundtrack of music in their lives.