tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88012991504572424582024-03-13T05:46:05.825-07:00Dan and Angie and...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801299150457242458.post-35296230859109632252012-03-16T22:29:00.001-07:002012-03-16T22:29:49.870-07:00Angie -- Thoughts on MusicI love music. It's actually something that brought Dan and I together. We enjoy a lot of the same artists. We love going to concerts (especially outdoor concerts). We like to play and sing together. I mentioned on our introduction page all of the many instruments Dan can play. I play the piano. I took lessons for 10 years while I was growing up. I also took guitar lessons for a while from my uncle but never became quite as proficient in guitar as I am in piano.<br />
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I like a wide variety of genres. Probably my all-time favorite would be bluegrass. I don't see how anyone cannot just smile and feel happy when they listen to bluegrass music. A dream of mine is to someday be really good at the guitar (or mandolin or banjo--don't know if there's much hope for me and the fiddle) and be part of a bluegrass group. We don't even have to be a real band...just friends who sit around and pick away on the porch would be fine with me! Among others, I also love folk, folk-rock, country (mostly the older stuff), jam bands (the grateful dead, phish), celtic and classical.<br />
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My all-time favorite artist would probably be John Denver. I grew up listening to my parent's John Denver records and tapes and knew who he was but I didn't particularly love him right away. Maybe that's because he wasn't really cool among the middle school crowd and I was trying not to stick out. For whatever reason, I remember teasing my friend Anton on the bus one day because he liked John Denver. Only a year or two later, John Denver was just about the only thing I listened to. I've felt bad about making fun of Anton since then. There's just something about that old John Denver that just feels right.</div>
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I had been without a piano in my apartment ever since I moved away from home, that's been at least 10 years, i think. Last year for my birthday Dan and I went to pick out an electric piano for me. I came home with a beautiful Clavinova! I was so excited and have been so happy since then to be able to sit down and play whenever I want to. It's a wonderful stress reliever after a long day at work. It's a way for me to express what I'm feeling. It's an opportunity to renew and continue to develop my talent. It's a blessing that I am so grateful for.<br />
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Music is a wonderful thing! Just try to imagine life without music....it's hard, right? I'm so glad that in our family we enjoy music AND enjoy making music.<br />
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