Music is the food of life – at least I think so …
Playing music for me is not really about the “performance” and how good the music is played – but the “social event”.
When travelling I love to learn melodies of a particular culture and play a song together with the locals – it gets you to understand people in a whole new way and starts great conversations afterwards.
Singing songs is a great way of self-expression and great tools of getting a message through to those around you.
I am sure you have noticed that I love to learn about things through songs so I am inviting you to send me your favourite song or musicial experience, a story about your favourite musical instrument, favourtite artists, etc.
Please send me one or some of these :
- YouTube music video or video from other sites
- Explain why you like the song
- Explain why you like the artist, band
- lyrics – even if it’s not in English
- blogpost about a musical experience
- film trailer for the film in which your song is used
- etc. what ever else comes to mind
… as a comment on this page so that we can share it with all others reading this blog. It’d be great if when adding your song you also explain why you like the song.
Here are some of the songs&stories I have on this blog:
- Three little birds – a Marley song played by Gilberto Gil
- Baykat by Ismael Lo & Yafode by Daby Toure
- Doo Be doo & I’d like by Freshly ground
- Africans by Nneka
- A eme o by Andrea Echeverry
- Braided hair (from the film Giant Leap)
- De La Rey by Bok van Blerk
- Balance by Sara Tavares
- Hymn for Taiwa by Moses Khumalo
Do you like any of these? Let me know by adding a comment below!
Looking forward to your song suggestions and stories! You are also welcome to send interviews with musicians or documentaries.
Szavanna
July 1, 2007 at 3:45 pm
[...] musical experiences Posted by Szavanna under natural mystic I have just set up a new page – on which I am asking you to send me your favourite song. I love to chat about songs, learn the [...]
July 2, 2007 at 1:51 am
I really love “Ai du” by Ali Farka Toure. I have to admit I was not familiar with his music until I saw the movie Unfaithful. There’s a scene in which the main characters are dancing and this song is playing. I was immediately drawn to it; it sounds so sensual. I looked up the song and bought the album.
Here’s a link to the song on YouTube
January 2, 2008 at 4:16 am
The House Of The Rising Sun
Traditional 1964
There is a house in New Orleans, they call the rising sun”,
It’s been te ruin many poor boy,
And or Lord , I ám one
My mother is a tailar, she sew those blue jeans.
My father is a tailar, he”s a gambling man,
Drinks down New Orleans.
My father he’s is a gambler man, he goes from town to town.
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so mothers tell you childrens, no tode
what have I done.
Shun that house in Rising Sun
on foot on the platform, othe other’s on the the train.
Iám going back to New Orleans to wear that ball an chan.
To wear that ball and chain.
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December 13, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Thanks!,
April 3, 2009 at 10:17 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVXoNgXpjo8
Your Gonna Leave Me Again, From the Wittle Man album