This weeks first UCB makes a winner of Mauriello. Wow first he snags yesterday’s extra point and now the UCB, not to mention the whopper of a power of ten he put up. Ladies and gentlemen watch out this guy wants the win for the year. Mauriello picked a topic very close to my heart and that is “what is the soundtrack of your life”. This is a topic which has certainly been in my head for as long as I can remember.
First off I have very deep roots in music being a prodigy on the saxophone as an adolescent, studying jazz performance in college and ultimately working in the business on and off for the last fifteen years. The Groovin’ High section is a perfect example of my love for music. I mean look how much random bull shit I write about just one song. It always amazes me when I meet someone who has no real interest in music or what they listen to. It blows my mind. In Lisanti Land I have music going nearly all the time. From the moment I wake up till I go to sleep I have some form of tuneage playing be it on my ipod or radio.
I used never turn my stereo off when I lived in Boston. Back then I had a five disc changer and just had it on constant repeat all day whether I was home or not. This way when I got home there was music on. I even went to sleep with music on. There is something about having grooves all around me all the time that just seems right. As a matter of fact the only time I don’t want music is when I surf. That is my spiritual time, please pardon the cliche. In the water I am completely at peace or at least focused beyond the need for any distraction.
Why do I always have music playing you ask. Mainly it is that I need something to allow my brain to slow down and focus on just one task. If I do not have music playing my mind wonders all over the place with tons of different thoughts. If there are tunes on then that captures half my mind leaving the other to stay on task. It does not matter what type of music although I do prefer jazz, hip/hop, r&b and soul. I will take any style of music over none at all.
The soundtrack of my life. Well that is a tough one. When I am just chilling at the end of the night some Bill Evans or mellow Miles always relaxes me. These days I have found quite the solace in sad love songs. Corinne Bailey Rae, Nora Jones, Ashanti, Diana Krall, Billy Holiday all have a few tunes that have gotten me through the sad times these days. Now I finally have an appreciation of such. Up until my own heart break I never really understood their meaning cause I do not believe I ever really had a heart.
Mostly my ipod is the sound track of my life. I have nearly 4,000 songs on there and each one has its own special meaning to me. Since it is always on shuffle it has become my life sound track. I have it going right now as I write these lines, Dave Brubeck “So What’s New”. What will come next I do not know,but one thing is for sure there will always be music.
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If you were to be executed what method would you choose?
If you could go out to the Kitty with any celebrity who would it be?
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