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Hello again! I come back with another interesting question. If you had to create the soundtrack for your life, what would it sound like? Would they be original songs of your or would they be songs you've heard in movies, on the radio, from your favourites bands, etc? What would the songs be and what would they represent? Why? If that is too vague of a direction to go in, I can offer some direction with a couple more specifics if you want to choose one of these ideas: - Key life milestones, such as early years, college, first love, first child, marriage, etc.
- Childhood, early teens, late teens, early adult, late adult years, etc.
- Soundtrack describing your life's career
Really curious to hear what everyone comes up with! 
Cheers,
Ember
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It would absolutely be only songs I have written. Songs to me are just stories set to music, and nobody can tell my stories from my perspective but me. It would be largely "heavy" feeling music (not heavy as in heavy metal, just thick and somber) and it would probably be a sad score so it would have to be in a minor key. Probably D minor, because as Nigel Tufnel told us, D minor is the saddest of all keys. The songs, being stories of my life, would largely be about the struggles that accompany dealing with the low lows that happen to someone with my personality that has extremely high highs. Just about every song I have ever written was a true story (I don't write "fiction" well though that has been a focus of late - make up stories to write about) and most of them are about having my heart torn out, thrown to the ground, stomped on, then roasted on a spit. In fact several people who bought my CD emailed me and asked me something close to "What HAPPENED to you that you are in such emotional pain in these songs?"
I have always been an extreme over achiever, and as such I find it difficult to satisfy myself. Thus there have been few events in my life that I can call successes. If I won a Grammy, I would say "What? It wasn't unanimous?" If I ran a 2 minute mile I would look to do 1:55 the next time. I could climb Mt Everest and stand at the top and ask "Aren't there any higher mountains?" It can be a VERY difficult life knowing you will never reach a goal.
So yeah, my life's soundtrack would be likely be much like something from Wagner. Big, deliberate, minor, intimidating sounding.
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It would start out with the Big Band Standards that my father listened to. He bought an album per week, mostly Big Band and a little Western Swing. Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Sinatra, Kenton, etc. A few times a month he would bring out the ukelele and music books and he and the children would sing along (he also played trumpet, violin, and later in life organ).
Then when I reached the age to play an instrument in school, it was a mix of early rock and roll plus classical (I was in both the marching and concert band). I also discovered the jazz of the day, from Dave Brubeck's odd time signatures to cool school and Bossas.
After school I went on the road in a rock band, and through other musicians learned about the 'real' blues and the great music you didn't hear on the radio. This while we played the top 40 hits of the day. Bobby Bland, Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson, and so on.
I went through a big jazz phase with my favorites being Stan Getz, Stanley Turrentine, Paul Desmond, Charlie Parker, Jimmy Smith, Sweets Edison, Lambert Hendricks & Ross, etc. Tried playing in a jazz band once, but found out I needed a day job to support the jazz habit - the day job wasn't for me.
During the late 60s and early 70s it was "psychedelic" music like Zeppelin, Vanilla Fudge, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, etc.
Then came international music from the Cape Verde Islands to Senegal to Brazil to Argentina to Tuvan Throat Singing, to Klezmer to Beijing Opera, to Reggae, to Salsa, and whatever else would tickle my ears with something different.
For the past 20 years the only concerts I go to are symphonies, as symphonies have always been the greatest love of mine.
So what would I put in the soundtrack of my life? Just about everything. The constants would be my biggest love, symphonies with what I love doing for a living, pop music, and all the other types coming in for variety to spice up the mix.
So perhaps this doesn't really answer your question. I wouldn't want to give up any of the many genres that I enjoy. I still love 3 chord blues and mega-chord symphonies, the evolving and ever-changing Top40 of my life that I make my living on is still dear to me, hearing an old song is like visiting an old friend. The jazz, Salsa, Klezmer, Brazilian, African, Asian and others are like the spices and deserts to my diet. My ears are hungry, and I just need to feed them.
There are only two kinds of music (1) Music that I like [that's most of it] and (2) Music written for the ears of other people [perhaps 10% of it]. Of the genres that I like, there are always songs I don't care for and of the genres that I don't like there are always songs that I do enjoy.
OK, I'm weird, but happily so.
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It would absolutely be only songs I have written. Songs to me are just stories set to music, and nobody can tell my stories from my perspective but me. That's an interesting perspective I never thought about before posing the question. It makes sense as a musician to just make the songs yourself. Who better to put in to words and music then the musician living the life. Thanks for sharing that.
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Ember
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OK, I'm weird, but happily so.
I wouldn't say weird at all! I think that was very well thought out, and it was very fascinating and insightful. Hearing the reasoning behind why someone would choose those types of music and the experiences that drive that choice is very intriguing. I appreciate you taking the time to indulge my question.
Cheers,
Ember
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