The First Post.

So.. since I came home from my mission, I have had this idea for how I wanted to write in my new journal.  Well, it has been a month, and I haven't made it any further on that idea then when it first came to me.. until now.  The idea behind that journal (which is now this blog) is that whenever a piece of music or a song particularly strikes me, whether it be with an idea, a piece of advice, or is just amazing, that I would write down why it struck me at the moment in time.   Whether it came from a exceptionally played Rachmaninoff piano concerto or the profound lyrics of Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie fame), I want to remember why it was important to me in the moment in time.   My goal is to at least update this every other day.  With the amount of music I ingest into my system, this should be a fairly simple task.


To explain the name of the blog.   I feel the best definition for music that I have ever come across is "waves of emotions organized in time."   There is nothing more honest, raw, and truthful then one's emotions.  As this is a journal of sorts, and the music represented on the blog will be the 'emotions organized in time' of my life, the title serves as a reminder to myself that although not all of the words and notes may be my own, that for that brief and fleeting second, they are my emotions, and it is absolutely essential to self-preservation and to one's own sanity to be honest with one's self. 

I hope you enjoy what you find, and that something helps you.  If it only helps one person (and even if that person is myself), then all the time wasted wasn't really a waste.