Overdo? Never think like that Chord...keep sharing your views here..
________________________________ From: ichord <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2009 4:14:12 PM Subject: [arr] Re: ARR - The Center of My Musical Gravity Thanks, man. Sometimes I wonder if I overdo it with my love for ARR and his music, but seriously, ARR's music is like a hobby in and of itself! Appreciate your contributions here too. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Jahanzeb" <jahanzebtippu@ ...> wrote: > > > Problem I have right now is time....between family and work > > Chord, > > These days I am also facing the same problem (especially since I got > married). I must say still the quantity (as well as quality) of your mails is > incredible, many times I wonder how you manage to do that. It only shows your > love for ARR's music, or in other words your "Rahmaniacism" . Very > remarkable. > > > - > Jahanzeb > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "ichord" <purevibz@> wrote: > > > > I'm a very musical person. Music is essential for my day to day living, > > helping me to stay in touch with my emotions, helping to ward off negative > > thoughts, helping to motivate, helping to energize, helping to stay > > grounded. It goes beyond mere pleasure.... ..it helps me grow, think in > > different ways, and generates compassion towards others (good music). > > > > I try to listen to as many artists as I possibly can....from India, all the > > MDs works that sound interesting, classical and semi classical artists, > > fusion artists, etc. From the West, I'm a big fan of 80s pop, classic rock > > from the 70s and 80s (Rush, Pink Floyd, Boston); also love techno and > > trance (Pet Shop Boys). Also like to listen to Western classical music, > > since that is my musical background, playing the piano having taken Western > > classical music lessons as a child. Also love some hollywood soundtracks > > (recent example, Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Alexandre Desplat > > HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! ) > > > > Problem I have right now is time....between family and work, I don't have > > much time to search new music, spend hours searching and listening to > > various artists and new music, nevermind not even being able to keep up > > with the collection I already have! So, what do I do? Follow the musical > > path of least resistance and strongest musical gravitational pull.....ARR. > > > > ARR's music is tops for me. I enjoy his music more than I enjoy any other > > artists' music out there, yet I don't want to limit my listening enjoyment > > just to him. But, these days, I feel I have no choice in some ways, esp. > > since there have been so many ARR releases in the past 2 years. If I > > happen to hear a soundtrack from another artist by recommendation, I will > > listen and try to attach myself to it, but invariably, ARR has been the > > center of my musical gravity. If I listen to someone else's work for a > > while, no matter how good it is and how much I enjoy it, I need to always > > reset my musical barometer and return back to ARR's compositions for > > refueling! > > > > ARR's music today meets all of my musical needs....energizing music, > > spiritual music, touching/melodious music, relaxing/soulful music, Indian > > semi classical music, Western classical music, pop, jazz, smooth jazz, > > dance, rock, you name it. His output is so incredibly diverse, that I just > > don't feel the urge to seek out musical satisfaction elsewhere, although I > > will appreciate another artist's compositions if I come across a good one. > > I just keep going back to ARR. > > >
