Music as therapy

I've always been a huge fan of music. Since as long as I can remember, I've loved getting that new album that just makes me giddy, listening to it until I know it backwards and forwards. I love how it can be so threaputic- to me, there's music for every emotion, every time in life. And, as I've recently learned, playing music is also quite the release. All in all, to me, music is an amazing artisitic creation that everyone can wrap their heads around: it just makes you feel good. Everyone has a heartbeat- everyone understands rhythm (some better than others).
So, I thought maybe sometimes I could share with you guys what music I'm listening to. Now, those of you working in the music industry, well, I know this is illegal. But, I'm figuring that not that many people are really reading this, and, well, after receiving so much in the way of prayers, thoughts, gifts, support, love, lessons, recipes, hugs, etc from you people, this just seemed like something I could give back. Something I love, and would love to share. I am sorry if this upsets anyone.

Also, I've put these albums on sendspace.com. You should be able to click the link and then download from the page, and I guess there's a certain number of downloads before it is done and I'd have to reload (no idea how many it has on each file).

I thought I'd post what I'm currently listening to a lot, and to what it correlates to. This first one is the new Eddie Vedder album. It's the soundtrack to the "into the wild" movie. It's way more mellow and brooding than your typical Pearl Jam album, and I am really enjoying the emotional feel it has. I've been feeling a lot of ups and downs in my life lately, and this really speaks to that- it just feels kinda sad yet hopeful. The song "Hard Sun" has some really fitting lyrics for me right now, having Mere by my side thru a hard time in a hard world. You can listen to the tracks here on amazon(scroll down for clips). You can download the .zip file (it's compressed, uncompress it and they are mp3s that will play in itunes) here if you like it.

Now, I thought I'd put up something real happy and fun to mix with that previous album. It's the newest Greyboy Allstars album. When I'm feeling happy and want that dip in my hip and glide in my stride, this works great. Funky boogaloo jazz. Listen here(scroll down). Download here.

More to come later on. stay tuned.