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Musicis TheMagic
In the short time I’ve been on this planet I have listened to and absorbed over 500,000 songs by Artists from 4 decades of Pop Culture. I’ve made some headway in my quest . to improve on guitar and completed enough music to consider myself active as a music maker. There is no trophy, no Grammy, no Oscar or other award on my mantel over the fireplace or next to the flat-panel screen or iMac. There is just great memories.
I have vinyl and CD dreams because I know that some folks prefer that to downloads. In fact I even dream of collecting some new vinyl from Jack White’s Record Shop in Nashville, Third Man Records. So who is the 3rd man? He must be the rhythm guitarist in the band.
Does the Third Man stand for all we have come to love about music like we do? I think so, but some may beg to differ. Just remember, every time you purchase a vinyl record or a t-shirt by your fave Artists you are making it so they can make more music for you. Music has a profound effect on all our lives.
There was once a saying I heard on the tube on a Sunday evening during a cold winter in February: “Music lifts us up, and washes the dust from our feet, in our everyday lives.” It was Wytom Marsalis who said this and he first
heard it from his father decades ago. Yet he also became aware that his dad “expected him and his brothers to make the world a better place.” Music does just that.
James Walsh - Bristol Kids Band
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