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Helping You Make It Through the "Night"
Posted on October 11, 2008 at 05:25 AM
They say that one of the things that gives music it's spiritual quality is its therapeutic, comforting, healing traits. Well, the folks over at Best Week Ever yesterday posted "20 Songs To Help You Get Through These Tough Economic Times". Here's a sampling from the tongue-in-cheek article...
YOUR TURN: Turning from the sarcastic to the semi-serious, the RockOm community would love to know your comfort music. Not the super heavy stuff from when you're dealing with life's greatest tragedies, but when you're having a crummy day or when nothing seems to go your way, what song/album brings you comfort and why? Discuss.
16. Greatest Love Of All by Whitney HoustonIf you're looking for something to help you through the down times, maybe one of these tunes will help. Well probably not, but sometimes you've just got to laugh a little.
You lost your house, your job, and you're living out of your car. But at least you have the greatest love of all. You.
15. Can't Tell Me Nothing by Kanye West
Maybe this song helps you escape into the egomaniacal fantasy land of Kanye West. Or maybe it's a message about living beyond your means. Either way - make sure you look really indignant when listening to this on your morning commute.
14. Every song by Rage Against The Machine
F*****CK EVERYBODY!!!!!
YOUR TURN: Turning from the sarcastic to the semi-serious, the RockOm community would love to know your comfort music. Not the super heavy stuff from when you're dealing with life's greatest tragedies, but when you're having a crummy day or when nothing seems to go your way, what song/album brings you comfort and why? Discuss.
FLASHBACK: What is Sacred Music?
Posted on October 10, 2008 at 09:12 AM
In RockOm's short existence on the web, we've posted a number of compelling articles and blog posts that have since found their way into the inner archives. There are many new readers and users since those "early days" (4 short months ago) and so occasionally we will pull out old posts for you to read (or re-read) and meditate upon. Here is an excellent article posted during RockOm's very first week by a musician in France named Joseph Rowe. Take a look and then head over to the forum to discuss.
The dictionary definitions are not enough for those of us who are alive to the sense of the sacred which we find in so many unexpected places ... and are often disappointed not to find in so many expected places.Perhaps a better question is: what is the sense of the sacred? What does this word mean to us in a universal sense, in the context of our contemporary world of pluralism and multiculturalism, a world in unprecedented evolutionary crisis?
It is my belief, based on travel, research, and the experience of performing sacred music for people of radically different worldviews and religions, that religious tolerance, like interfaith dialogue, is growing by leaps and bounds, far outstripping the old intolerances and insularities we are all too familiar with. The mass media might make it seem otherwise --- but as we know, they thrive on bad news, and are parsimonious in reporting the good news which is happening right under their noses. (MORE...)
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Kindling Stone's musical influences are decidedly eclectic - bluegrass, folk, old-time, country, rock, sacred, and several world music traditions are all part of the landscape. Added to the mix are Mark's collection and interest in early American hymnals, along with Chris's study of Buddhist and Quaker teaching and practice. As a result, the eponymous debut recording from this Nashville-based group harkens back to the early roots of the American musical spirit. At the same time, it leans forward into the growing spiritual pluralism of contemporary culture. This is a place of congregation, where the divine is found in the ordinary, and the natural world informs the inner journey. The sound is that of a simpler time - fiddle, mandolin, and reed organ - while the voices sing of the ancient, timeless, poetic, and philosophical.
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"If we're spiritual seekers we can immerse ourselves into our efforts so intensely that we risk becoming too intellectual, too ascetic, too heavy... and we're really required to find a way to remember how to interact with joy and happiness and full engagement with the world around us. It's not all just about asking these intense questions all the time. You need to remember to put [the deep questions] aside, stop the theorizing, apply these things to your own life and just release and have fun." (Chris Moore)Click to Play
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