Serious courtships in past have the men serenading the women, professing their undying love while belting out songs with their washburn guitars accompanied by friends and other family members.
Gone are those days when gentlemen not only serenade their loved ones with songs but they also help with back-breaking work in the woman’s home to be able to gain the support of the woman’s family 😀
Music is the “universal language of the soul”. So people say.
There’s music in the sighing of a reed;
There’s music in the gushing of a rill;
There’s music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
~Lord Byron
This household of ours love music. Just recently the husband got a pair of new kickass speakers for the bedroom. Music plays from the speakers day in and day out. The husband who is fond of music from Jim Chappell and David Benoit can now listen to their compositions to his hearts delight. I also listen to my playlist or use the speakers to watch videos playing on my tablet 😀
Here is a Jim Chappell video for “Gone”, one of the husband’s favorite.
Sometimes it feels like we have a live piano player playing from a p 155 guitar center room at home. It’s all good and I can’t complain.
Most schools have their music rooms where a variety of musical instruments are found: piano, drums, guitars, wind instruments, “sound systems” and even Behringer keyboards.
With High School Musical and GLEE, I am sure a lot of students dream of being in their school’s music room and belting out songs or playing musical instruments to accompany the singers.
One thing that is missing here in our country, we don’t have marching bands in schools like some have in other countries. Now that would be a good addition to the extra-curricular activities for the students. being in one also teaches them to have lots of patience, discipline and perseverance 🙂
Got summer plans already?
There is so much to do during summer and for sure, school children will not get bored with the many choices as to what they can do when school’s out:
There is so much to do during summer and there is no need for children to get bored. If budget is a problem, be creative and you can still have a lot of fun too!
Among those who sing cover songs in YouTube, there is one we specifically love: Maddie Jane.
With today’s technology, it is easy to listen to songs we wouldn’t have access to years ago. In fact, upcoming bands and singers get easily recognized through the various means that people can listen to them. It is also easier to access their musical creations through music cd duplication.
To my aspiring little guitarist, I hope she also gets her break with the fickle-minded audience someday 🙂
Last Friday, I wished for a new guitar. Not for me but for the youngest child who is bent on learning how to play the guitar. She has her eye on a certain brand. I’m sure when the daughter is adept enough to play she would be asking for gretsch guitars.
When we were still homeschooling, she learned to play a recorder all by herself but somehow this skill was forgotten due to the rigors of regular schooling. I hope she can re-learn when they have flute lessons in 4th grade.
Music is the language of the soul, so they say. My children grew up hearing music and learning songs that children their age probably don’t know. Here is one of my youngest daughter’s favorite song: That’s All I Want From You
