TA4MC . A Person's Soundtrack is a great way to understand them.

Today would have been my father's  70th birthday. Last year I shared some of his lessons in a blog post  about creativity.   Today I was thinking about how music has been a driving force and an emotional outlet in my life and wondered if the music I remembered him listening to as a child was somehow and emotional outlet for him. We never agreed on musical taste. I remember as a kid my father was trying to work out in the morning and my first album was KISS  Double Platinum (Remastered Version). He was not amused but he at least listened as I listened to his music. To this day some of the songs I can remember still stick in my head. He was a fan of both Broadway, Blues, Country and Folk. I can remember him singing Don Quoite from Man of La Mancha: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (Original 1965 Broadway Cast). Summertime from Gershwin: Porgy and Bess and anything by Buddy Holy, Johnny Cash, The Kingston Trio and the Smothers Brothers.

Looking back I feel the music he listened to mirrors the moods I feel today, Working to the bone, of 16 tons. Fighting the dragons of Man of Lamancha. I can say very recently I have reattached to the lyric of many of the current pop and alternative music of Lorde's Pure Heroine, and her hit track Royals.  Make the money " don't let the money make you on The Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.  Counting Stars by One Republic Native [+digital booklet].

The music you listen too can inspire, motivate.anger, it has an effect. You will wake up with a song in your head. Sometimes a song that has been too much on the radio or a song that just relates to you. Keep your music close and share it with those you love and hopefully the message that the artist is sharing with you reaches those you care about.

What songs are on your playlist that you connect to so strongly that you have to share them with the world and you will take the time to share with your child?


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