Some recommended Listenings

Hey everyone, I wanted to share with you today some things that I have been listening to lately. So much has changed since I first put this blog up and my mind is brimming with new ideas for the new site one of which includes a periodic mixtape of music I am listening during a given period. But we are not there yet.

I have been on a LP buying fringe lately and have really only been listening to music in that format. It is one of the best choices I have made in a long time in regards to listening to music.

I recently went looking to purchase the core Joni records on LP and have been pretty successful. The core for me are Court and Spark,Hijera,Hissing of Summer lawns and Daun Juans Reckless Daughter. I will eventually pick For the Roses and Blue and even Miles of Ailses but these first ones are the core for me.

I managed to find them over the course of a few weeks and the tune for me at the moment is refuge of the roads which is the last track of side 2 on Hijera. I love the unorthodox harmony organization of this song and the bass parts of Jaco are so inventive.

I also picked up Marvin Gaye Here My Dear... I am not going to go into a critique of this album because music critic is not a position I want to add to my CV but I want to share that this record is making me crazy right now. I would suggest that you listen to the album in one sitting in it's entirety and then perhaps a few more times and then start living with one or two songs for a period. That's all I will say about it.

And....... this is all I have to say for now... No long compositions on the matter. A shift for me I know but I am trying some new things.. Until next time.....

Andrew