Music is the international langauge

I am having a really annoying flashback to a movie that was once a favorite of mine:  "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure".  Some of you reading this will no doubt remember the movie and will understand why it is connected to the subject of this blog.  I will warn you that today I am in a rare "comedic" mood. 

There ya go.  Now you have a visual..."Wild Stallions", featuring Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore Logan.  Ok, back to the blog message.

So in the movie, music (in the future) was going to be what brought World Peace.  Seems crazy, I know.  But is it really crazy?  Or is music in fact the very secret to everything?  Being a musician (as I am), I can tell you that the world of music is so vast and expansive that no one is an expert.  If you say, "I love music"...what does that even mean?  You love to hear sounds?  You like a specific genre of music?  You like to create music with instruments or with your voice?  You are into the production and distribution of music?  You like to attend concerts?  You are obsessed with a Musical Icon?  What does it mean?  What do you really mean?

My Musical journey began long before I began playing the french horn at age 11.  I was what Mom called a "tapper".  My daughter is a tapper too.  I asked Mom and Dad if I could take the drums but was given a horn instead.  I did master my instrument over time but my passion was not really fulfilled through it.  In college, I discovered my mousy voice actually had a volume control switch... and when I was able to control it, I began singing.  I had a bluesy sweet voice and loved being mistaken for a woman of color!

These days, it is easy to feel detached from the way I used to know music, but actually music and I have been evolving together.  I feel so many emotions now when I listen to music.  I feel there are messages within the sounds and also the lyrics.  I hear two sets of conversations because I am using my whole body to listen and my spirit too.  Does this make any sense to anyone?

I want to create a Discussion Group to become better acquainted with music from around the world...something I wanted to do while I was studying music in college.  Perhaps I am off to a late start...but better late then never.

~namaste