Favorite Music from Earth

Let's have some fun. Here's some of my favorite music from Earth. With examples! I can give examples with this one! Yay! There will be links throughout this post to my favorite examples of certain artists.

Music is incredibly powerful to me emotionally, and throughout various parts of my life, I have gone through various phases of music.

When I was in college going through a dark night of the soul, heavy metal was my go-to. System of a Down, Seether, Mudvayne, Disturbed. You'd look at this cute little 20-year-old walking down the street, and in her ears is that mess!

When I was a teenager, the Foo Fighters, Smash Mouth, Enya, Smashing Pumpkins, Bush, No Doubt, Alanis Morrissette. Actually, I liked Alanis even when I was 12 years old. When I think about her songs, I ponder, "Hmm, was I a little too young for those?" Ah, but I loved her music. And Spice Girls, so you know, I wasn't a total grunge head.

When I was just a shade younger than that, I was obsessed with Hanson, because one of the guys looked exactly like Seraphel at that age. I mean...exactly. Just the wrong eye color. But I didn't know that was why I was obsessed.

When I was a child, I listened to anything from the Rolling Stones to the Beach Boys to Stephane Grappelli. (Ooh, that was good to dig up Stephane and Django. I sat and listened to that album while writing this.)

As I exited my 20's, my music tastes started to layer on top of each other. Each phase of life's music layered over the next, such that my preferences became incredibly varied. When someone would ask, "What kind of music do you like?" I'd have no choice but to say, "Whatever sounds good to me." Because I was no longer bound by a specific genre. I could be listening to Edith Piath one moment, and find myself listening to chillstep the next. Followed by a dash of Bing Crosby.

So what do I like now? Ah, here's where I can share examples. This is what I like to listen to during the day:

• The 8-Bit Big Band - These guys are amazing. They have single-handedly fused big band music with video game soundtracks.
• The Consouls - Another great video game soundtrack band. Instead of big band style, they play jazz renditions. The one linked is one of my all-time favorites. Another great one is "The Great Sea" and "National Park".
• VVM Lofi - This is my go-to background music right now. "Lo-fi" is short for "low fidelity". Most of this style of music is sampled pieces put together with a low fidelity sound quality that's similar to what you get on an old vinyl record.
• Vince Guaraldi - Known for the jazz music behind the Charlie Brown TV specials. I have linked the Charlie Brown Christmas album in its entirety here. Whenever it feels like fall or winter, I start listening to a little Guaraldi.
• Jeremy Soule - Specifically the Skyrim soundtrack and the Oblivion soundtrack.
• Howard Shore - Specifically the hobbit music. It's the flute!
• Justin Johnson - This guy is a blues musician who just will sit there and play blues for an hour at a time then compile it into a video.
• Fantasy tavern music - It's amazing how good some songs are. I love "Enchanters", "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", and "Dornishman's Wife".
• 40's Crooners - I've linked to the "Old World Radio" channel, because I love the selections used in the Fallout video games. Especially New Vegas.

There's more, but this is good for now and captures the sounds entering my ears most of the time.

Here's one last note on the power of music. It's much harder to telepathically enjoy any other medium of entertainment with my friends and family. Music is the most easily translatable, because everything in the universe is music. Creation is music. Most of my family likes to pick out songs and play them in my head from time to time (when I dream, when I wake up, before I sleep). The inside of this noggin is practically a radio station.

One day this past spring, I had just discovered The Consouls. I told 'Yanna about them, because 'Yanna likes jazz music and was learning to play it. We must have sat together in my body for a good 2 hours just listening to everything The Consouls had available. It was great. I didn't even get tired from channeling, either. But I couldn't have done that with a movie or a show. Only with music is it possible to directly send the sound of the song with such clarity.

I thank you for your time. Adiamas.

--Kyriel