Rep Your Music

I’m not really talking about the act of indulging on a liquid libation…Though, I do love a good Whiskey. There are similar elements that derive from the taste of a good Whiskey paired with good music. As, Diana Ross eludes to this in her "Love Hangover". Both provide that warm feeling, a sense of satisfaction and a conversation piece. Hear me out, I’m not talking about the physical sense of passionate indiscretion and the sensuality that may come from that one sip, but the feeling that comes before that. That mental space, while looking for a perfect song that mimics one's true emotions at that moment. Once you hear it, you just know, it's that initial gratification of yes, there it is, that's it, that's the song, like Sylvia does so eloquently in "Pillow Talk". That look, the biting of the lip and that sweet kiss on the neck, everything that calls for a nice night or day, depending on your appetite.  Is this Love? Are these the components that manif

  Vinyl, cassette tapes, CD’s, music videos, radio play; however you get your musical fix. Each focus on creating a polar universe of emotions with auditory and visual desires. The sole purpose of music is to be transformed into a different level of who we are. What moves me may not move the next person. It has brought me through some of the toughest times in my life, but I always focus on the good times because, hey, everyone wants to know about the good times. Let me take you on that journey, just to know where I have been and why I speak with such respect of the arts and the artists that allow me to be whomever I choose to be at that exact moment. Whether I feel like crying or smashing the sh*t out of something because someone did me wrong, it takes me to that alternate person, that higher level of who I am that no one can f*ck with.  Excuse my language.  As each of us handle our anxieties and insecurities in various ways, some folks talk it out, write it out, take a couple of shots