When words escape me, music is there.
I wrote a similar sentence on a letter I wrote to my daughter in Army Basic Combat Training. I committed myself to writing to her twice a week. I need a schedule or I will forget crap. Yeah, I know! How can I forget to write to my kid? Easy-it just happens. I am not ashamed of my momming anymore. My kids are pretty awesome, so I guess I do not suck.
Back to music.
There I was, exhausted from a week of boring a** Salesforce training, with nothing to say. I had turned on my Music Monday Compilation just for background noise and stared at the videos. A few songs went by and I thought to myself "my daughter really could use these songs right now." So that is how her letter got started. I wrote the word "Remember" and started writing some lyrics from Titanium. I thought that would be a perfect start because we love the movie Pitch Perfect and that song has a special place in the movie.
I thought after the lyrics, I would get some inspiration from them to write a proper letter, but nooo-oooo. I sat wordless. So another song came on and I was like "yas! this song is perfect for her." I wrote some of those lyrics also. I changed them up to replicate talking to her using the little "[]" like the magazines do when they are changing a quote. At the very end, I wrote "when words escape us, music is always there."
I know she will laugh but also love this letter. It is so me and she loves music just as much as me. You should see us in the car. No matter the genera or era, we typically know the songs on the radio. We sing them at the top of our lungs and often have car dance moves that go along with the song.
According to howstuffworks.com, music activates many areas of the brain which is a nuance. You should read about it here. It is actually quite fascinating. It seems I am pretty smart to turn on my music when I first wake up. It wakes my brain up in the morning. Look at me being all smart and s***.
Back to music.
There I was, exhausted from a week of boring a** Salesforce training, with nothing to say. I had turned on my Music Monday Compilation just for background noise and stared at the videos. A few songs went by and I thought to myself "my daughter really could use these songs right now." So that is how her letter got started. I wrote the word "Remember" and started writing some lyrics from Titanium. I thought that would be a perfect start because we love the movie Pitch Perfect and that song has a special place in the movie.
I thought after the lyrics, I would get some inspiration from them to write a proper letter, but nooo-oooo. I sat wordless. So another song came on and I was like "yas! this song is perfect for her." I wrote some of those lyrics also. I changed them up to replicate talking to her using the little "[]" like the magazines do when they are changing a quote. At the very end, I wrote "when words escape us, music is always there."
According to howstuffworks.com, music activates many areas of the brain which is a nuance. You should read about it here. It is actually quite fascinating. It seems I am pretty smart to turn on my music when I first wake up. It wakes my brain up in the morning. Look at me being all smart and s***.
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