Wednesday’s Word: Song-Stew

Have you ever heard a song that connected with you so strongly that it felt as if the singer was speaking directly to you? That he/she understood exactly how you felt? Not surprising since songs are really just mini-stories, pieces of flash fiction set to music. We aren’t so different, the musician and the fiction writer. I think we complement each other in the best of ways. Music inspires us when we write, and our words can inspire musicians.

Everyone has different tastes when it comes to music, and there are so many different styles available, it’s impossible not to find something you enjoy (almost as many styles as there are genres).

But I hate it when someone is asked what sort of music they like and their response is…everything. It’s impossible to like everything. It’s impossible to have heard everything. I know because…I am one of those people. But what I mean is I love ‘some’ of everything.

I have angry rap days (Eminem), depressed bluesy days (Nora Jones), energetic rock-on days (Nickelback, Seether), and mellow laidback days (Train, James Blunt). 

My playlist is a swirling song-stew. I have something for every mood and some things for moods I make up. Such as ‘I hate my hair but I can't shave it off or no one will love me mood’, which is sort of a combo angry/depressed day. Those days call for drastic measures and...Rascal Flatts.

Try a bit of my song stew…I think you’ll like it.

And that, my friends, is the Word.