Confessions For A Thursday

So... Since February (when the last parent passed), I've developed a deeper appreciation for what some would consider a "darker"perspective on things...

If you knew me at all, you would know that music has always been a very big part of my life, my person, my very being. From keeping one song on "Repeat" so that I could learn it on a cellular level, to times where I refuse to listen to any music at all, because nothing matches "where I am", or "where I want to go".

As the elder Nevilon Meadows used to say, "Music is an aesthetic phenomena" 

And as such, it does have to ability to alter one's thoughts and disposition.

Perhaps you already know this, perhaps, like me, you have tried to use this information to your advantage by changing the music to either suit or change your current disposition.

I have a very deep appreciation for music and would be willing to chat with you on that subject extensively (consider that an invitation)

I remember the first time I heard "Highway To Hell", and thinking that  AC/DC was, in fact, in the express lanes on said highway.

I also remember sometime later that I actually sat down, and gave a good listen to Megadeath and Metallica. I walked away from that experience with an aversion to one group, and a fan of the other.

Did I mention that I consider myself a musician and a musicologist of sorts?

So... in the past 10 years, I went from LimpBizkit, to Staind, and settled in on Creed in the mid 2000's.

As I started out saying, I've developed a deeper appreciation for what some would consider a "darker" perspective on things. I've mostly kept to the same "family", which for me, means, Creed, Alter Bridge, and Tremonti. For the majority of last 6 months, these bands have comprised the bulk of my rock music listening, I've been very happy with the results.

This afternoon, as I was watching movie trailers on vudu, I saw the trailer for one of my favorite movies The Butterfly Effect. As the video and audio from the movie played on the the screen and speakers, I also heard a song recorded by Staind, that I remembered appreciating.

The thing about all of this music, speaks to me in my present and/or past disposition...

And I like it...