Music

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Red Auerbach

 

Music, to me, is one of the great gifts of being alive. Nothing makes me feel like music and often it facilitates a sacred release. My preferred way of listening to music is to play it through my headphones and focus mindfully on the music alone, as a form of meditation. At times, I also like to listen to instrumental music while I work.

Favourite music

• Nostalgic music from my childhood
• Nostalgic music from my twenties
• Albums I listened to over and over in my twenties
• Nostalgic music from my thirties
• Nostalgic music from my fourties
• Nostalgic music from my fifties
• Favourite music from musicals
• Favourite spiritual music
• Favourite music

Music from movies and TV

• My favourite instrumental music from movies
• My favourite songs from movies
• Nostalgic music: TV themes

Concerts

• Music concerts I've been to

Music listening ongoing

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Favourite spiritual music

Nostalgic Music: My favourite songs from musicals

I absolutely adore musicals. The first musical I ever saw on stage was South Pacific and it made a big impact. Dad had the record of "Joseph and His Technicolored Dreamcoat" and I was mesmerised by it (and would later, at school, star as "Pharoah" in this musical.)  At school, I also starred as an orphan in "Oliver!" and loved all the songs.  My musical watching reached its zenith in London where I saw many of the great musicals on stage.  I also love watching movie musicals.  Here is a list of my favourite songs from musicals.

Nostalgic music from my childhood and teens

"Every life has a soundtrack." Jodi Picoult

I love that you can embed your Spotify playlists into your web site. Here are the songs that were the soundtrack of my childhood and teens.  I had so much fun compiling it and revisiting songs, many of which have special, vivid memories attached.

Nostalgic music from my 20's

Nostalgic music from my 40's

 

Nostalgic music from my 50's

My favourite instrumental music from movies

Music is such an important part of a movie. It sets the mood and can help turn the movie into a deeply emotional experience.  The most gifted composers of musical scores are, in my view, the modern equivalents of Beethoven and Mozart.  

Here are my favourite music themes.  I can listen to them over and over again.

Favourite songs from movies

Nostalgic music: TV Themes

Albums I remember listening to over and over in my twenties

I was very excited to get a music system (CD player, amplifier and speakers) for my 21st birthday. Here are the first albums I listened to. Some were owned by me, others by Dain.