We all go through those moments of adjustment. We have our highs, we have our lows and I feel often it takes something extraordinary to change the way we do things. It could be interaction with someone, or it could be an event. It’s the little things which we neglect.
You’ll notice the previous post I did today of people setting up “piano stairs” so more would take the stairs over the escalator. 66% more people took the stairs because it was fun.
I may be getting cynical with age, but I’ve become wiser also. Towards the end of last year we did a song (MILC) which was improvised (they all are with MILC). It was called, “The Music”. Basically, it’s a song about going through and seeing all the changes which happen in music over time. When you look at all the decades, the foundations from Big band, to the blues, to jazz, to rock & roll, to metal, to grunge…. it evolves each one being a stepping stone on to another. We process all of this beautiful music and in doing so, it builds us- becomes one with us- and all of the sudden, it comes out again in it’s own way. Innovation is glorious.
The first lines start “I’ve lived through grunge, watched the king of pop fall, seen the grooves of generations incinerate without call…” and ya know it’s all about the music. Listening to it, it’s pretty powerful. “Music is what it chooses to be, I have no feeling of adversity” There are so many lines, but the point is that the darkness has channeled into forms through which we hear. Funk Thunder seeks to add a little fun into the lives of those who listen. My wise old painter friend says, “you’re still a strange man, who enjoys dressing funny”.
We all enjoy a little comedy and I think it’s time we all lighten up. Spin the mood. There’s too much grief in the world today. We’re at war, our economy sucks, unemployment is skyrocketing, natural disasters are clobbering us…. hey, we all know the shitty side of life. Let’s give something to people…. a little light maybe. See the movie, “Pay it Forward”. Maybe people CAN make a change….