World Music Day

Hi.

This is completely unrelated to what I want to talk about today, but you know, Rants. There are a lot of moments in our lives that we will call rare. Moments which we wished we had lived a little more. I do, at least. I wish I could’ve lived a little more, not better just more.   

music.

I don’t think I can say anything that hasn’t already been said, maybe because words aren’t as liberating as I really thought they would be.  There are some things I’d like to keep to myself, some really beautiful pieces, that I don’t want anyone to know, because I’m afraid they won’t understand it and appreciate it as well as I would like them too, I am afraid, they would pass it along as just another piece of music. You see, that’s the thing, it is just another piece of music. But it has done wonders for me, I have found it to be more liberating than words could have ever been, and isn’t that all that matters really, Liberation?

Then comes the music that I wish the entire world could listen to, music that makes you look inside yourself and question everything, it does. Think about Floyd, the time when they used to make music, the people they used to make music for, when I understood that, I felt like an impostor. I felt as if I was eavesdropping in a conversation I should not have come across in the first place, because it is  not mine to begin with. These people had something to say, they could not have given a lesser fuck about their Chords or keys, they cared about whether what they had to say was being heard or not.

That’s why to me, they are Artists, not musicians. Musicians understand precision and discipline which I respect immensely, they are like the Noam Chomsky of the Music world, all of them. All the playlists I have made have a meaning behind them; it has a hundred thoughts behind them, and a lot of emotions with them.  The music isn’t mine but I take pride in the fact that I listen to it to find the people who had something to say. I have special place in my heart for everyone who makes their own music; they know the beauty of creation.

I listened to the entire Highway album today, at 4.00 AM, with milk, and wrote, it was a celebration for me, and I realized that I was living more, I was living much more than I could have in any other moment. When creating, don’t try too hard, that’s the key.   

Today, listen to something or someone that means a lot to you, and appreciate them, let them know how much they mean to you. I'm doing mine right now. Your turn.

Song Recs:

Landmine by Augustines: For when you want to go in deep thought

Cheers Darlin' by Damien Rice: When you want to invest yourself in every single second of the song

Come to my Window by Melissa Ethteridge: When you want to go back in time, For real, No kidding

Panchi Ud Gaya from Newton: When you want to mourn someone

Youth by Daughter: When you want to get fired up with motivation

Naughty from Matilda: Wen you want to go back to your childhood but grow right there, it works

Clementine by Sarah Jaffe: Just listen to it. 

Somebody Else by 1975: Someone very special introduced me to it, let it take you away. 

Open by Rhye: When you want the background to take over

Ekla Cholo Re by Amitabh Bachchan: When you want to diversify your playlist

Train Song from Gully Boy: The beats, just the beats.

I'm on Fire by Bruce Springsteen: It's slow, but very fast.

One Tree Hill by U2: It tells a story

Sham From Aisha: When the natue has outdone itself

Somehow by Tom Odell: When you're feeling spiritually high

The lion sleeps tonight by The Tokens: When it's time for a break

Hit me up for playlists