Two Track Friday 2013
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Happy Friday Ya'll! - - Friday January 18, 2013
I hope ya'll had a great Holiday, filled with family, friends & food (the official 3-f's of modern society, in case you weren't aware). I, myself, had a pretty quiet and very enjoyable holiday with just my kids. We took a day trip up to the GC. Very cool, literally.... AND figuratively.
On the topic of holidays, every year I try to make at least one New Years resolution. One that is....realistic....honest...."do-able"?...you know, a goal that I need to achieve and one that really should be achievable in the next year. Like losing 10 pounds (I lost 15 last year, for the record).
Since this is the TTF forum, and a lot of my friends are musicians, I thought it might be fun to think about a few “musical” resolutions. See what you think of the ones I listed below. For me, once I started writing them down, I realized that I actually do a lot of these activities every year, already. So, then I thought it might be fun to challenge ya’ll to see how many of these things you already do, or are willing to do…in the interest of expanding our musical minds!
· I will learn at least one new chord on my instrument and learn a song using that chord.
· I will participate in at least one house jam session with my musician friends
· I will participate in at least on open public jam session (for the more adventurous)
· I will learn to play a song by an artist that was popular before 1970
· I will purchase, listen and just plain "explore" an album released before I was born.
· I will learn to play a new instrument
· I will support my local music community by attending at least 2 live local band performances this year (most of ya'll do this one pretty good already!)
Have fun, and Happy New Year!
THE ARTIST~
Today's featured artist is one that is unarguably the gold standard in the genre of Reggae music, and certainly one worth studying. If you’re a musician that has played any Reggae at all, you've probably played some of his songs. His influence, both musically and culturally was incredible, and still is. He had talent, passion, commitment, intelligence, a well developed social conscience, and a strong sense of justice. How can you go wrong with that?
So, Wutaya say we start this New Year off with some positive energy?
Track 1, Is This Love, from the album Kaya. Released in 1978 on Tuff Gong/Island records. Recorded at Island Studios in London. Produced by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The album got some guff for being too soft, both musically & thematically, being that the material on this album is far more about love than cultural revolution. I’m ok with that. Love songs release a lot more constructive thought than angry songs. In my own opinion. J
Track 2, Could You Be Loved, from the album Uprising, released in 1980 on Tuff Gong/Island Records. The album was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica at Tuff Gong Studios. This was the final studio album released before Bob’s death, which was the following year from Cancer. This album is considered to be his most directly religious, with much of the material addressing his Rastafarian beliefs.
Enjoy!
Happy Friday Ya’ll,
Shannon Lee.
I hope ya'll had a great Holiday, filled with family, friends & food (the official 3-f's of modern society, in case you weren't aware). I, myself, had a pretty quiet and very enjoyable holiday with just my kids. We took a day trip up to the GC. Very cool, literally.... AND figuratively.
On the topic of holidays, every year I try to make at least one New Years resolution. One that is....realistic....honest...."do-able"?...you know, a goal that I need to achieve and one that really should be achievable in the next year. Like losing 10 pounds (I lost 15 last year, for the record).
Since this is the TTF forum, and a lot of my friends are musicians, I thought it might be fun to think about a few “musical” resolutions. See what you think of the ones I listed below. For me, once I started writing them down, I realized that I actually do a lot of these activities every year, already. So, then I thought it might be fun to challenge ya’ll to see how many of these things you already do, or are willing to do…in the interest of expanding our musical minds!
· I will learn at least one new chord on my instrument and learn a song using that chord.
· I will participate in at least one house jam session with my musician friends
· I will participate in at least on open public jam session (for the more adventurous)
· I will learn to play a song by an artist that was popular before 1970
· I will purchase, listen and just plain "explore" an album released before I was born.
· I will learn to play a new instrument
· I will support my local music community by attending at least 2 live local band performances this year (most of ya'll do this one pretty good already!)
Have fun, and Happy New Year!
THE ARTIST~
Today's featured artist is one that is unarguably the gold standard in the genre of Reggae music, and certainly one worth studying. If you’re a musician that has played any Reggae at all, you've probably played some of his songs. His influence, both musically and culturally was incredible, and still is. He had talent, passion, commitment, intelligence, a well developed social conscience, and a strong sense of justice. How can you go wrong with that?
So, Wutaya say we start this New Year off with some positive energy?
Track 1, Is This Love, from the album Kaya. Released in 1978 on Tuff Gong/Island records. Recorded at Island Studios in London. Produced by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The album got some guff for being too soft, both musically & thematically, being that the material on this album is far more about love than cultural revolution. I’m ok with that. Love songs release a lot more constructive thought than angry songs. In my own opinion. J
Track 2, Could You Be Loved, from the album Uprising, released in 1980 on Tuff Gong/Island Records. The album was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica at Tuff Gong Studios. This was the final studio album released before Bob’s death, which was the following year from Cancer. This album is considered to be his most directly religious, with much of the material addressing his Rastafarian beliefs.
Enjoy!
Happy Friday Ya’ll,
Shannon Lee.