The Beautiful Kind

I don’t know about you, but music is an integral part of my life. From listening, discovering, performing, composing and teaching I have learned a number of things. Today I speak of the therapeutic, comforting and portal aspects of music. There are a few songs that I listened to on many a night from October-February that caused me everything from anger to comfort; pain to relief; a singing rage to silent reverie. This is the first time that I created a playlist on my iPod for pure and selfish emotional stimulation. The playlist is titled “Letting Go” and here it is:

A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke

Scars by Papa Roach

Drops of Jupiter by Train

Round Here by Counting Crows

I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic! At The Disco

Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

I Go Back by Kenny Chesney

Angel by Sarah McLachlan

How To Save A Life by The Fray

Harder To Breathe by Maroon 5

Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) by Travis Tritt

Thanks For The Memories by Fall Out Boy

Live Like You Were Dyin’ by Tim McGraw

Used To Love You by John Legend

Liar by Profyle

So Sick by Ne-Yo

My Little Girl by Tim McGraw

Creep by Stone Temple Pilots

Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle

A Long December by Counting Crows

Rooster by Alice in Chains

A Country Boy Can Survive by Hank Williams

Don’t Take The Girl by Tim McGraw

Fire and Rain by James Taylor

Photographs and Memories by Jim Croce

Lullabye by Billy Joel

I still have the playlist and the songs mean a lot to me. They were with me all of the time and will stay with me forever. I have started compiling a much larger list of some of my all time favorites. I can’t begin to think of a top five, right now it is up to 88. I have started sharing some music with TBK and it has been very rewarding for the both of us. I am so happy that I now have the chance to share some of this with you.

Thoughts?? Additions?? Questions??