It is the little things... Musical

Way back when
when you could pull music off the Internet
before they called it something illegal
I may have
inadvertently
downloaded a few of my favorite songs
onto my Dell desktop computer
purely for the love of listening
and the desire to have a playlist for
any day....
early in the morning
or Saturdays while cooking breakfast
or when we had company

A few of my all time favorites were on that playlist
Hotel California, a live performance with extended instrumental
Yellow, an all time favorite that breeds contentment and calmness in my soul
and many more

Now my confession
I love music,
I enjoy having it on in the car
Perhaps a bit too loud for most people
but not so loud you can hear the bass a block away
(that just pisses me off)
I enjoy live music
I am enamored by those who can play
However, when you ask me what album a song is from
or perhaps even who sings it
or refer to a song by it's name
I probably can't answer or
even be sure what song you are referring to

There is so much information in the world
esp. in the last ten years,
and my brain picks and chooses what to keep in memory
and that isn't one of the things I hold onto easily
now if you name an Eagles song, I know it, and who sings it
or others I learned before the age of 21or so

anyway, back to the story

The desktop the play list was on
is still in my possession
but there have been 3 computers since then
all laptops
of course I wanted to move my music to them
but used the desktop to play it still, through good speakers
so there wasn't really a need
to "change"
until now

The newest computer is a Mac
yes, I have gone over to the dark side
as some of you would believe
and yes
I have entered the light
as some others would believe

I like it
and I am taking it to the UAE with me
so
time to burn music and make play lists
I did move the music from the desktop over
but it isn't "compatible"
and it was probably not really legal either
so yesterday
I started burning all my cd's onto the mac and
I finally ordered my first songs from I-tunes
and today
today I listened to my new favorite playlist

Yes the little things do matter
the songs brought back memories
good feelings
good thoughts
a feeling of comfort and familiarity
I will take with me
wherever I wander
to give me peace and calmness
wherever I am.

One of the greatest memories this morning
was of my sons, when they were younger
and simple days spent at home with them
One playing the trumpet
the other explaining something techy to me

sadly, I didn't find the exact same Hotel California long play,
but looking on the bright side
it will grow on me and be as good as the other one... soon.

Happy Listening my friends, to whatever music you love
keep walking to the beat of your own drummer
and dance to the beat of others.