I was talking with someone today about Alison Krauss, and how amazingly soothing her voice is, and it occurred to me that I filled my children’s childhood with soothing music. We listened to the soundtrack to “Oh, Brother where art thou” over and over. We listened to a LOT of Alison Krauss. That was about all we listened to in the car for a year or two. We rotated three albums. We listened to the album I’m listening to now, Hem’s “Funnel Cloud”. We listened to the soundtrack to “Secret of Roan Inish”. That track is delightful. Highly recommended. We listened to a lot of Alan Jackson.
Music is a water you swim in. It is an atmosphere you imbibe. It fills you, and if it does not quite define you, it affects you, it alters you, it moves you towards or away from balance, wholeness, and emotional satiety and happiness.
Ponder where you go musically, and if you have children, ponder how you make their water both soothing and enriching.