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About
This is a place to organize, comment on and share what I am listening to and the music I like.
I like to see how artists use music to deal with the issues in life; all of them from faith and spiritual matters, to love and heartbreak and even the mundane things in life.
I appreciate the job that music critics do, however I do not buy into the notion that, if say Pitchfork,Spin or Blender says I should like an artist or not that that is the final word on the subject. (In fact I sometimes I find just the opposite.) There must be some happy medium between the "super-hip-indie-cool" and the "top 40 made for the masses one hit wonder" type of music. In the end you either like the music or you don't. If you find that the things I like are similar to the things you like or If I can help you in any way to find something new, then all the better.
It is much easier to be critical of a song or artist and less easy to create that art. So I keep that in mind as I listen and comment. There was an older notion of seeing potential in an artist and developing their talent over time. The standards I believe have been raised to where an artist is expected to be groundbreaking and marketable and have a hit single, not to metion have a compelling live show. By nature, I am not a "see the glass half- full" kind of person, but I will try and keep the tone of this blog on the positive side. (but that does not mean I will be untruthful about a disappointing concert or album)
My taste in music is wide so I might have a song in a play-list by Rosie Thomas or Sufjan Stevens next to a song by Family Force 5 or Anberlin.
I have seen a lot of artists perform (in the hundreds). Some of my favorites have been U2, Simple Minds, the 77's, Bruce Cockburn, Midnight Oil, Skillet, Mute Math, Family Force Five, The Fray, Bob Dylan, Switchfoot, Sufjan Stevens.... (Maybe I'll make a page some day)
I am new to this blogging thing and do not have a clear vison of what the site will look like or do. (I am still learning what some of the widgets do) So thanks in advance for your patience as the design and function evolves.
So put on your headphones and enjoy your favorite music.
I also have another blog on wordpress
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My Music
Movies
Batman Begins, Spiderman 3, Stranger Than Fiction, Signs, Rear Window,
Music
Mute Math, Switchfoot, Anberlin, mewithoutyou, Starflyer 59, Relient K, The Fray, Mae, Red, U2, Showbread, Tobymac, KJ-52, Family Force 5, Mat Kearney, Snow Patrol, Denison Witmer, Rosie Thomas, Sufjan Stevens, Pedro the Lion, Falling Up, David Crowder Band, Superchic(k), Cool Hand Luke, Skillet, Waking Ashland, the Afters, needtobreathe, Jars of Clay
Books
Simply Christian, The Divine Embrace, Embracing the Love of God, The Mark of the Christian, Disappointment with God,
New Artists to check out
the almost, deas vail, jackson waters, red, lost ocean, future of forestry, until june, the wedding, between the trees, mainstay, the fold, bernard,
Christian Music Pioneers
the 77's, daniel amos, the lost dogs, terry s taylor, adam again, undercover, the altar boys, mark heard, l.s.u, lifesavers underground, the swirling eddies, steve scott, vector, randy stonehill, the choir, charlie peacock, pat terry, mad at the world
Great bands from the 80's
U2, the call, the alarm, simple minds, the waterboys, prefab sprout, midnight oil, 10000 maniacs, world party, tears for fears, REM
Singer / Songwriters
bruce cockburn, denison witmer, sufjan stevens, rosie thomas, damien jurado, randy stonehill, buddy miller, julie miller, over the rhine, bill mallonee, aaron sprinkle, jesse sprinkle, the world inside, t-bone burnett, sam phillips, peter case, victoria williams, david bazen, pedro the lion, van morrison, bob dylan, terry s. taylor, mark heard, steve scott, andrew osenga, derek webb,
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"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov) Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany! Feel free to download my music!
posted Dec 20
Thanks for accepting my friend add. If you have a free minute, please visit my profile to check out more music.
posted Oct 1
Yeah, I actually haven't seen the CCM feature yet, but I've heard that it's in the current issue. Glad to hear that people are noticing it. DC
posted Sep 4
posted Aug 1
you can click on the player and get the code from there site. Then just embed it in your code under advanced options.
posted Jul 8
The OaKs says:
Yeah it's pretty crazy. Purevolume also decided to feature us this week so we've been in the top 10 unsigned over there as well. I just noticed you've seen the 77's live. Almost no one's seen the 77's live! Feel free to use any of our downloads in your blog. - Tim
posted Jan 10