Expand your taste in music

With synthetic voices powered by drum machines screaming across the airwaves, today's music is much different in many ways. Artists and and fans seemingly intermingled in today's online feeding frenzy, one has to ask? Where's the good stuff at?

Is taste in music a sign of the time? Fast food and instant everything controlling our lives. Music has the ability to help us relax, or deal with stressful situations like heavy traffic on the freeway. With prehistoric two knobbers evolving into on screen displayed navigation, taste still has a price.

The media outlets for music today are so great. Websites like Pandora, Itunes and Youtube just scratch the surface. Satellite radio enables you to listen commercial free, but you can expect to be charged a monthly fee.

Games like rock band and karaoke have help keep classics alive, but some music is timeless. Linked to memories and changes. Taste in music is one of the best senses to have complimenting character and showing values.

Learning to play an instrument can be frustrating and rewarding. With time and practice playing an instrument can help to connect with a different part of your brain centering mind and body with musical rhythm.

Local music always brings out good food, and with heightened senses it's time to expand. Great music and musicians can be found just about anywhere. Downtown walks can show the diversity in sounds, sometimes collaborating together in complete unawareness.

Music can be one of the greatest teachers, offing hand eye coordination and endless benefits for children. But in all its greatness music programs are usually the first to be cut in public school systems. Awareness should be raised that music is a culture and cant be cut, just like a class.

Start a band, with all of today's high tech do dahs, a mini recording studio can be set up just about anywhere. Sharing your music can be just a click away, write down your thoughts and translate it to a song. Who knows maybe your the next king or maybe just a hym.

Getting together with friends to have an all out jam can help offset some of the time spent working for the man, just think maybe some of the local kids will turn into your fan. Music connects people in many ways, and it's all our jobs to make it stay.