Music has been a staple in my life ever since I could remember. There is home video of me and my sister dancing to one of my dad's CDs. I can remember how we even learned all of the words to the Phantom of the Opera without knowing the story behind. We were happy. As I grew, my knowledge of music also grew. I listened to more artists and discovered my favorite genres and songs. At times I was feverish trying to find new music. In fifth grade, my elementary school had the local junior high's choir, band, and orchestra perform for us. I was already in my elementary's choir and knew that singing wasn't really for me. However, I came alive in my elementary's percussion group. I saw the junior high's band roll out their percussion and I decided that it was the path for me. This illusion; this potential future was shattered when the orchestra played Rosin Eating Zombies From Outer Space along with a few other pieces. I saw the grace and beauty in the cello. I then remembered the Yo-Yo Ma CDs I use to listen to and how much I loved them. My destiny was sealed.
Flash-forward to present day. Over the years, there have been songs that caused me to become obsessed. Songs that I could not stand not hearing. Songs that evoked various emotions in me. Some of these songs include: Gabriel's Oboe (Yo-Yo Ma), The Butterfly Lovers, Looking through Your Eyes (The Coors), and Bach's first Prelude. Their draw was magnetizing. They have become a permanent part of my soul. No matter how many songs I fall in and out of love with over the years, these three are forever etched into my being.
Just when I thought I would never add another song to this list I watched the movie Secret featuring Jay Chou. The movie was beautiful. Ten out of ten recommend. It made me cry. It made me fall in love with music all over again. It inspired me to become a better musician. It made me speechless. The soundtrack was moving (Especially Secret, Lover's Tears, and the Piano Battle) and brought forth so much emotion. Did I mention that I cried? And I never cry in movies. Except that one time in Grey's Anatomy... anyway. This movie and the music changed my life. I currently listening to the soundtrack right now. I am lost. The notes are carrying me away. I am lost. Forever lost. A single tear rolls down my cheek as I release myself to its power. It is the Angel of Music and I am its faithful servant.
Check out the links to the songs I have mentioned! They will change you! Maybe :)