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Now that I have a subscription to satellite radio, I'm listening to lots of 70's and 80's bands I may have known, but didn't actually listen to all of their songs back then. There is a channel called Deep Tracks that feature songs from famous groups that probably didn't get any air play or B-side material. Good stuff, just obscure from FM classic rock stations.

Between song breaks, the announcers (called disc jockeys from an earlier time) sometimes give history about the bands, albums with a little interesting trivia. On occasion, they mention artists who have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
A good example would be 3-time inductee, guitarist Eric Clapton. 1992 with the Yardbirds, 1993 with Cream and 2000 as a solo artist. His career spans more than 55 years!

There was a time I was influenced by the aura created by the R&R Hall... but little by little, I'd see Hip-Hop/Rap artists eclipsing some long time rockers. I mentioned this to a musician friend of mine about one band that were front runners to heavy metal and his comment was "It's political" as the singer in the band we talked about had a big mouth, especially when their albums received poor reviews. His mouth got the band black-balled.

Curious, I went to expecting to see some museum tours and memorabilia. Instead, it's a whole community of membership, classes, lectures, calendar events, swag and other stuff to buy... much more than I expected.

It's too soon to poo-poo the idea, so I won't write them off for now and one day if I retire and decide to take a road trip or an extended vacation to see my brother in Dayton, I'll have to head east to Cleveland, less than a 90 minute drive.

I had a few months of free satellite radio in my car and saved a few channels of favorites, like Classic Vinyl, Beatles, Blues and Rock.
Sometimes, they would advertise what's available on the other channels and I would skip around trying music I don't normally listen to, like Smooth Jazz. Depending on the time of day, one channel called 'Watercolors' does Jazz that's okay. One night it seemed like saxophone was in a marathon. I thought I would vomit. Enough... that was gnawing on my ears.
So, I spun the dial to see what else is out there. Dave Matthews... nah. Jimmy Buffet... nah. Bob Marley... nah. Ozzy Osborne's bone yard... nah.
A little more spinning got me to Liquid Metal... the channel of head-banging, dark and despair, demonic kinda music every mother wants to censure their kids from listening!

Having played music professionally. I can understand it... and found my tolerance for no more than 15 minutes!

Here's a taste of SOiL
I recognized the singer Ryan McCombs who left SOil to join Drowning Pool for 6 years then returned to SOil.

I was a big Joan Jett growing. Here are some of her past work. Enjoy...

Amazing take on this beautiful song by Mr. Lionel Richie.

Nothing beats the original but can't help share this amazing rendition.

Latest news, Coolio was at a friends house, went to the bathroom and never returned. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Other than "Gangsta’s Paradise" from the movie Dangerous Minds, I never followed his music.

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.) [Official Music Video]
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Music can make you happy, sad, romantic, wish to dance. Can be supportive in all these situations when words are added, it can help with your feelings about life and encounters with what the world throws at you. Certain artists can deliver a story which you can identify with and help knowing that the problems or joy that you feel are not unique to you but shared and understood. To dance is a chance to express yourself, gain exercise and show the emotion that you feel.
Music is in our DNA to help with life.
To see an orchestra perform and the participants use of the variety of instruments is something that makes you realise how special the human race is.

I just heard on Tim Poole, with a musical guest on his show that music is tuned at 440 hertz, up from the standard 432 hertz it was for many years.

This minor change in these hertz cannot even be heard...but Poole's musical guest said, it is felt.


Vibration....affecting human behavior.

I know that 528 hertz is used in meditation for emotional healing. I wonder what 440 hertz does.
I also know that certain hertz played in one's ears back and forth facilitates with astral projecting.