...*smiles/laughter*...It sometimes does have its draw-backs.. Speaking of music lately, I've been getting myself involved in what's called Early Music..along the lines of Europe's Feudal, Medieval, and Renaissance music, and I attended my first concert a few weeks ago. This is because I'm currently learning to play the recorder. Yes, I know...*sighs/laughter*....parents get terrified of this simple plastic instrument when any of the children get hold of it. Well, I've always wanted to learn to play early music on this instrument, especially after having watched the film ELIZABETH(1998, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush) However, with such interests as the above, I sometimes wonder, because most of such early music were associated with the church and the power that was the Vatican. Before going back to Zen, I have tried twice to return voluntarily to the Christian fold, and the emotions involved as well as other things/issues just ended up tampering with my rather precarious blood pressure and other health conditions. A part of me says that I should stick to only the Asian variety of Zen or Buddhist-like music, but the fact is...I love early music. I don't know...*smiles*...I just love it! I've just been listening to the work SHEPHERD's DANCE(Tielman Susato, 1510-1570 AD) on YouTube, and it has that soothing, calming effect..*grin*...whoever said that such calm, soothing music can only come from the Far East? And it was played with recorders ONLY...how about that? in Buddha's serenity Mel [email protected]
--- On Wed, 9/3/11, Maria Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Something Refreshing To: [email protected] Received: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 8:49 PM Mel; Ah, You are a romantic!. Mayka --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Mel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mel <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Something Refreshing To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 7:19 Aw c'mon guys(that also means gals), I'm 48 and I can't get enough of Fank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, and Andy Williams....great stars, yaaayyyyy!!! swayin' in Buddha's grace old style Mel --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: Anything by The Beatles, The Kinks or Frank Zappa...(my age is showing) - also The Talking Heads...Bill! --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > Mike: >  > What music would you recommend?. Yes, make a list. But not Sex Pistols > and alike.  I'm not into that.   Are you into that kind of dynamic > noise wave?.  However, I still listen from time to time to Pink Floyd. > Music is like everything else depends on the moment, place and mood I prefer > to listen to some or another.  I don't listen to only one specific style. > But a bit from here a bit from there. >  > What about you?.  What kind of music do you listen to?. What do you like? >  > Mayka > --- On Tue, 8/3/11, mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > Mayka, >  > I'd like to recommend some music you could listen to, but I'm assuming you're > not much of a Sex Pistols or Motorhead fan. I haven't heard of that film > about a paralyzed man, but when you wrote that ...and he dreams to have all > that.... then I thought he's not so different from us after all! >  > Mike
