Three Uplifting Songs for Loving Life

Three Uplifting Songs for Loving Life

Music can inspire us, comfort us, and cheer us up. If you want to live a life that’s bursting with joy, it helps to have upbeat songs for loving life on your playlist. To that end, I’m sharing three of my favorites that celebrate life. “Beauty in the World” by Macy...
Glen Miller: American Musical Icon

Glen Miller: American Musical Icon

Pardon me, boyIs that the Chattanooga choo choo? (yes yes)Track twenty-nineBoy, you can gimme a shineCan you afford to board the Chattanooga choo chooI’ve got my fare and just a trifle to spare The Glenn Miller Orchestra was at the top of its form in 1941 when...
Five Great Life Lessons from the Music of Rush

Five Great Life Lessons from the Music of Rush

Music can be a powerful tool for enriching our lives. It can bring us joy, or provide solace during tough times. It can inspire creativity and spark passion. Some music can also teach us valuable life lessons. This is the case with much of the work of the...
Two Inspiring Individualistic Songs to Live By

Two Inspiring Individualistic Songs to Live By

I’ve long known that in order to achieve happiness I had to pursue my own values and live by my own judgment. But I had moments of discouragement when I thought that my quest for happiness was doomed. I needed individualistic works of art to fuel me with hope,...
Unstoppable Momentum: The Music of Joe Satriani

Unstoppable Momentum: The Music of Joe Satriani

When the fourteen-year-old Joe Satriani learned, during high school football practice in 1970, of the passing of his musical hero Jimi Hendrix, he walked over to the coach and quit to become a guitarist.  Over the next sixteen years, he taught guitar lessons,...