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Re: Music Hunting

emily — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:44:48 -0000

I have this not so secret love affair with music. I've blogged about my love for it. This is a quote from a post I wrote that was devoted to the love of my life:

"i love music. not just a small crush, but the kind of deep love that radiates through your body and sends shock waves through the universe. music moves me. quite often, literally. my body moves to music and so does my life."

Re: Music Hunting

emily — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:44:48 -0000

I have this not so secret love affair with music. I've blogged about my love for it. This is a quote from a post I wrote that was devoted to the love of my life:

"i love music. not just a small crush, but the kind of deep love that radiates through your body and sends shock waves through the universe. music moves me. quite often, literally. my body moves to music and so does my life."

Re: Music Hunting

emily — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:44:48 -0000

Re: Music Hunting

Derek — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:29:16 -0000

Thanks:) Maybe I should blog more.

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Derek — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:29:16 -0000

Thanks:) Maybe I should blog more.

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foiledcupcakes — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:05:48 -0000

i *love* this: "a love affair with the hunt."

no walls, no barriers, no prejudices. perfect.

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foiledcupcakes — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:05:48 -0000

i *love* this: "a love affair with the hunt."

no walls, no barriers, no prejudices. perfect.

Re: Music Hunting

Derek — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:38:40 -0000

You're a talent! I will download...I missed the free window, but maybe I'll
get one of your songs on my mixtape!

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Derek — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:38:40 -0000

You're a talent! I will download...I missed the free window, but maybe I'll
get one of your songs on my mixtape!

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Andhari Sidharta — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:02:00 -0000

Basically my life, D. I do a lot of things but it's the one thing that sticks with me all this time.

You should download my song:)

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Andhari Sidharta — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:02:00 -0000

Basically my life, D. I do a lot of things but it's the one thing that sticks with me all this time.

You should download my song:)

Re: Music Hunting

Derek — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:16:40 -0000

Yeah, huge question, with a lot of answers that change daily.

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Derek — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:16:07 -0000

I love music a whole heck of a lot too...your trajectory through music's quite a unique one. Anti-folk. Twee. MUSICAL THEATER. :)

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Derek — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:40 -0000

Yeah, huge question, with a lot of answers that change daily.

Re: Music Hunting

Derek — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:07 -0000

I love music a whole heck of a lot too...your trajectory through music's quite a unique one. Anti-folk. Twee. MUSICAL THEATER. :)

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Derek — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:45:32 -0000

You're lucky; LA underground adds quite a pop to your 'where my music started' answer. Some of us were in St. Charles, Illinois with the cornfields.

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Derek — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:34:52 -0000

You were certainly off on quite a journey.

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Tankboy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:53:40 -0000

It was a Mexican flea market in south Texas -- I must have been 8 or so -- and I stumbled across the Ace Frehly picture disc and The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club band LP.

And then I was off.

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Derek — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:45:32 -0000

You're lucky; LA underground adds quite a pop to your 'where my music started' answer. Some of us were in St. Charles, Illinois with the cornfields.

Re: Music Hunting

Derek — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:34:52 -0000

You were certainly off on quite a journey.

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Tankboy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:53:40 -0000

It was a Mexican flea market in south Texas -- I must have been 8 or so -- and I stumbled across the Ace Frehly picture disc and The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club band LP.

And then I was off.

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lfar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:21:47 -0000

Oh, you're welcome for BNL. Love Canada.

I did a project on them in grade 8. Every year you have to do a project on somebody Canadian. It's great!

Anyway, I grew up with my older siblings music- a lot of Greenday and Queen- and then I would have to say Avril Lavigne was my first real love. Also the Josie and the Pussycats album. Like, the soundtrack to the movie. Yeah. I went through a punk phase with Billy Talent-ish stuff in mid high school but it was going to university that changed everything. We had res-net, so I could view and play music from anybody's iTunes if their computer was on. Everybody in the residence. And then we found hacks that would allow us to download each other's music. It was great. The Decemberists I think were the first band that I really "discovered," like just happened to overhear and knew I loved it. I think they, with Rilo Kiley, were my introduction to the non-mainstream. A lot of Canadian stuff is also really great, and university introduced me to some smaller and bigger Canadian artists, like Hawksley Workman (the most beautiful lyricist ever- try him) and The Weakerthans. I've since grown to have a pretty expanded taste... hip hoppish electronica (The Black Kids) to folk (Jenny Lewis) to anti-folk (The Moldy Peaches) to twee (Mates of State) and everything all over and in between.

I also will forever love musical theatre. I know that makes me sound like a 14 year old girl, or gay man.

I love music a whole heck of a lot.

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doniree — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:22:34 -0000

First of all, I'm with you on BNL as an early influence; you're right about their lyrics. They're playful, and I think clever and really smart sometimes.

Music to me? Wow, that's a huge question. It's a connection? To a person, a memory, an experience, a present feeling.

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doniree — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:22:34 -0000

First of all, I'm with you on BNL as an early influence; you're right about their lyrics. They're playful, and I think clever and really smart sometimes.

Music to me? Wow, that's a huge question. It's a connection? To a person, a memory, an experience, a present feeling.