Music that touches the heart!!

Look what I discovered!!

In a previous post, I had mentioned my love for music and my desire to learn guitar....

Now, I was scourching through my vast library of music, well actually only 12 GB of it, I know ppl who can easily claim that figure with an extra zero. But I think the collection I have is pretty good. And add to that, the vast resource which I listen to online (coolmusic.com), I had enough on my hand for a year. But nevertheless, I was getting a little bored of the Indian and American artists, in fact, for that matter, with all music in English and Hindi. So, I took the help of another 2 American gifts to mankind to search for music, which was more classical and unadulterated with modern styles.
The 2 gifts were "youtube" and "globalization". And I found the music I always wanted to hear. You must have heard it a lot in the works of many a great bands like the Eagles. But this one was pure and classical.

The instrument is the spanish guitar and I chose my personal favorite, the acoustic version ....the music ofcourse spanish!!

and the artist, 'John Clarke' who, so rightly, is trying to reach a global audience with the help of youtube, has posted some amazing stuff...

Here...have a look yourself!!

Song name: "The Most Evolved"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHU-AJTn0I8&NR=1

There are many more music works shared by him..do check them out..
The work is exquisite and the music so rich!
And the great thing is...the artist here makes it look so easy!!

Spanish Guitar rocks!! It simply touches the heart!!

And am not gonna stop here...music is without boundaries and am gonna explore everything from Chinese to Malaysian to African to Latino to French to Italian to Russian and not to forget the unexplored and almost obscure but brilliant works in Indian music as well!!

Inspiration - Terra Incognita!!

Inspirations can sometimes come from sources terra incognita!!
Unknown... unusual... but they inspire you more than the best inspirational lecturer can!!

Every evening while I walk down from my building gate to my apartment, I hear the sound of someone playing guitar. It is not the best effort...I have heard better...but there is a passion which comes through...You get a feeling that its being played only to satisfy the player...

I don't know who the player is and might never know him either and yet in a way, he has inspired me the most in recent times. He inspires me to live a life beyond the mundane affairs of regular eat-work-tv-surf-sleep (with a little more of eat and sleep) He inspires me to fulfil all my aspirations, things i have always wanted to try, hobbies i always wanted to have and little activities i always wanted to indulge in, activities which can make my life truly interesting and rich!

And the inspiration is not without effect...I love listening to good music and when i say music, it is not songs, it is the beats and rhythm and instruments which i love to listen more than the lyrics. So I upgraded my hapless pc speakers to new ones which are capable of delivering the right notes and boy I am glad!!

Small steps these but they have set me rolling...I plan to learn guitar or atleast begin guitar lessons in the next one year. I am inspired to do all those things in life which I always wished to. A little effort backed by a lot of passion is all it requires to set the ball rolling.

I have got the passion, now lets get that little effort on!!!!

The Truth about Happiness

Read this somewhere...really liked this!

"Happiness is not about having everything you want but wanting everything you have"

I am a striver and continue to strive to get more than before as it is human nature and it is what keeps me going, but somewhere the truth in the statement above helps me strike a balance.

It helps me enjoy the things I already have while I am striving for more!!