Throwback Thursday: Dust in the Wind -Kansas

https://youtu.be/12DeNdF0KPA
This song was one of our lessons yesterday. The Travis pick.

What's New Wednesday: Kill Em With Kindness -Selena Gomez

https://youtu.be/HHP5MKgK0o8
Not too many lyrics, right?

Traditional Tuesday: Danse Macabre (guitar) -Saint Saens

https://youtu.be/YP5hzLsbDTM
I'm taking Teaching Guitar Workshop 2 this week and my teacher mentioned hearing this performed on guitars with picks, "not good tone" she said. Something I wouldn't have considered before this week.

My Monday: I Ain't Missing You -John Waite

https://youtu.be/S89AmJFP-j0
He's being ironic.

Freedom Friday: Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side -The Magnetic Fields

https://youtu.be/MokC9aoQ6YA
This is referenced as a song between Auggie and his Dad.

Throwback Thursday: Space Oddity -David Bowie

https://youtu.be/9_M3uw29U1U
This song is referenced in the book 'Wonder' it is a theme between Augie and his older sister's friend.

What's New Wednesday: Party Rock

https://youtu.be/KQ6zr6kCPj8
A fun video of a top song in 2012.

Traditional Tuesday: Beethoven's 9th Fourth Movement

https://youtu.be/4pbMUEHvoAo

I was blessed to watch KC Symphony and Chorus perform this whole piece live last Sunday 6/19/2016. The conductor Michael Stern fittingly dedicated their performance to the recent victims of the Orlando shooting. I wept in awe of Beethoven, the performers, and the Joyful hope of their message.

My Monday: Beautiful -Christina Aguilera

https://youtu.be/aoYEQgG4-JY

I recently re-read Wonder by R.J. Palacio she quotes this song, very appropriately.

Freedom Friday 2Xs: A Taste of Honey- Herb Albert The Tijuana Brass & Feels So Good -Chuck Mangione

A Taste of Honey is worthy of dancing to with friends young and old!
[I think he might be faking on this video.]





Feels So Good makes we want to go on the Love Boat.

Throwback Thursday 2Xs: Dance With Me -Orleans & Dancing in the Moonlight -King Harvest

Let's dance, a nice way to celebrate 26 years of marriage!



Love the moon (ha!)

What's New Wednesday 2Xs: Can't Stop the Feeling -Justin Timberlake & Ain't Your Mama -Jenifer Lopez

Fun tune, dancing is fun and important.




No laundry etc.

Traditional Tuesday 2Xs: Bolero -Ravel & Aquarium -Saint-Saëns (smalin)

My first piece today is one I associate with the pairs Ice Dancing Gold of the 1984 Olympics.
I love the slowness of the tempo, the repetitive/calming of the snare, tympani and brass. The tune is haunting, majestic, and as the tonic modulates I too am transformed.








This second piece is one I enjoy sharing with young listeners. I have a picture book similar to this smalin video that helps to engage the listener. Instead of diamonds and rectangles the book's author used fish and seaweed. Often when I'm done 'reading' it the elementary students are so captivated they applaud as if they've been at a live performance.

My Monday 2Xs: I Still Haven't Found/40 -U2

This week I am going to post 2Xs a day since next week I plan to be gone to Yellowstone with my sisters and mom.

The opening of this first song is beautifully harmonized, the syncopated Psalm-like vocals put me in a place of pure contentment. I think it's about seeking God, an unquenchable search.
 


This second song I first learned at YoungLife in high school when we sang it as part of our worship time. I was really into Christian Contemporary music at the time and this was the first I realized U2, a mainstream group, was singing about their journey of faith. This song is Psalm 40.

Freedom Friday: Mad World -Adam Lambert

 His voice along with this haunting melody send my soul to a place peace.

Throwback Thursday: Mad World -Tears For Fears

I didn't remember hearing this in the 80's but loved it when it was covered on American Idol (up-coming Friday post).

What's New Wednesday: Just Like Fire -P!nk

From Disney's "Alice Through the Looking Glass"