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Tag: music

  • Morning Coffee: The Great Shazam Mystery

    Morning Coffee: The Great Shazam Mystery

    There is still time and opportunity to reinvigorate my natural curiosity and hopefully add another wrinkle or two to the ol’ gray matter. I don’t know if this is the start, but my crosshairs in this endeavor landed on everyone’s favorite song-identifying app: Shazam.

  • Morning Coffee: Novel Sounds

    Morning Coffee: Novel Sounds

    I enjoy listening to music whilst reading, like creating a soundtrack for the images playing in my head. The music doesn’t distract much, if at all, from the words, especially if I find the perfect musical accompaniment.

  • Morning Coffee: Cassette Dreams

    Morning Coffee: Cassette Dreams

    Set between vinyl and compact disc, the beautiful cassette tape, in any of its iterations, may hold special memories for certain generations. Whether recording or listening, the cassette provided an accessible medium for creating and collecting music.

  • Morning Coffee: Volume Up

    Morning Coffee: Volume Up

    At some point during my years, I stopped listening to music at a high volume. I’m not talking “ear-splitting permanent damage” levels, just high enough to drown out the world and take over your senses. That’s when you can really feel and connect with the music. For whatever reason, I stopped doing that until just…

  • Morning Coffee: The Laser-Filled, Burning World of CDs

    Morning Coffee: The Laser-Filled, Burning World of CDs

    Do you remember the heyday of CDs, when Sam Goody existed and Best Buy was a cornucopia of entertainment? I remember, and that’s probably why my knees hurt and I grunt when bending over. Those shiny platters provided escape to an ethereal plane where the noise, distractions, and grit of the real world could not…