my favorite musical moments

thinking about my previous blog about the symphony got me thinking about other moments that have been significant to me musically. some are silly, some are weepy, but hey, that's who I am :)

i had seen josh groban's cd at best buy, but for some reason assumed he was just like john mayer...maybe because they have similar first names and they came out about the same time. I don't know. but chris was watching the 2004 superbowl and I saw this guy in a jacket and scarf start singing. I was mesmerized and involuntarily sat down on the edge of the sofa and found myself moved to tears. I cried from the beginning of the song to the end. I felt like my life had changed it was so breathtakingly gorgeous.








every time the band mutemath comes to Grand Rapids we go see them. one time they were here at the intersection and there were three opening bands. the first two did nothing for me; typical rock, nothing special, not even good. UBER yawn. the last band, from the moment they began playing, made me sit up and take notice -- literally. they were disco, they were rock, they were everywhere on stage, they were unique, they were ridiculous, and they weren't pretending...they sold it from head to toe, note to note, from move to move. they were "under the influence of giants." I was grinning and laughing, and hoping very hard that i wouldn't be scorned for absolutely loving them.



selfishly, I have a couple favorite personal musical moments. the first is when I sang at my sister-in-law's wedding. she and adam had asked if I would write a song for them, which I did, and it rested in the imagery of a shooting star from a meaningful story they shared with me. I felt great about the song and what it meant. and even though I was nervous to play and sing it (as always) and felt very self-conscious in my dress (I was a bridesmaid who had gained a lot of weight), as I sat at the old upright piano and leaned over the keys, I had an almost out-of-body experience -- it was as though my very being, body and soul, was my voice as it hung in the air, and danced out over everyone in the pews. while time seemed frozen in those minutes, i felt most like myself.


that's it for now.