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trelobitaOnce again, I've been trapped in a busy routine that has left me completely devoid of any desire to make an entry, but now I finally have something new to share!
I've been using the online radio program Pandora.com, which is a great way to discover new music. You can create your own radio stations based on a single musical artist you select, and the A.I. plays music by that artist as well as other things it thinks are similar that you might also enjoy. I created a station based on the group Adiemus, hoping I might find some more chorale type music with a similar flavor. I confess, for the most part, Pandora has given me lots of uninteresting New Age that just isn't my thing. I'm picky with my New Age. I like very little of it, but what I do like, I LOVE. Fortunately, if you dislike something Pandora plays, you can tell it so, and it will never play it again and instantly go to a new song.
One thing in particular Pandora has presented to me has caught my attention, and it will be the first time in a long time I've fallen into a musical obsession this intense. The group is called "Libera", and it is a British boy's choir project arranged and directed (and sometimes written by) a guy named Robert Prizeman. It's been going on since the late 80s, and obviously, many boys have come and gone between the ages of 7 and 14. It's pushing all of my happy buttons. Amazing boy voices, chorale arrangements, enchanting New Age style sounds, classical instruments, and the occasional powerful intonation of a pipe organ.
I'm particularly taken with the song "Stay with Me". The first time I heard it, I started crying. An overly dramatic reaction, perhaps, but that's what I did. :P It's so beautiful. The songs "Salva Me" and "Adoramus" are wonderful too. I cannot wait to get my hands on all of the albums, but the one called "Free" in particular, as that's the album these three songs are from. :D My God, the notes these boys can hit.....
I've been using the online radio program Pandora.com, which is a great way to discover new music. You can create your own radio stations based on a single musical artist you select, and the A.I. plays music by that artist as well as other things it thinks are similar that you might also enjoy. I created a station based on the group Adiemus, hoping I might find some more chorale type music with a similar flavor. I confess, for the most part, Pandora has given me lots of uninteresting New Age that just isn't my thing. I'm picky with my New Age. I like very little of it, but what I do like, I LOVE. Fortunately, if you dislike something Pandora plays, you can tell it so, and it will never play it again and instantly go to a new song.
One thing in particular Pandora has presented to me has caught my attention, and it will be the first time in a long time I've fallen into a musical obsession this intense. The group is called "Libera", and it is a British boy's choir project arranged and directed (and sometimes written by) a guy named Robert Prizeman. It's been going on since the late 80s, and obviously, many boys have come and gone between the ages of 7 and 14. It's pushing all of my happy buttons. Amazing boy voices, chorale arrangements, enchanting New Age style sounds, classical instruments, and the occasional powerful intonation of a pipe organ.
I'm particularly taken with the song "Stay with Me". The first time I heard it, I started crying. An overly dramatic reaction, perhaps, but that's what I did. :P It's so beautiful. The songs "Salva Me" and "Adoramus" are wonderful too. I cannot wait to get my hands on all of the albums, but the one called "Free" in particular, as that's the album these three songs are from. :D My God, the notes these boys can hit.....
