Getting Started...

"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music"

- Sergei Rachmaninov

I absolutely love this quote. Whether I am performing or listening to my i-pod or cd's, my day is usually filled to the max with music. If my life was a movie, I would have a pretty cool soundtrack. (If I do say so myself!)

I feel so many of us are searching for new music to feed our souls, for that one song to change our lives.  I feel, "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough to discover new music!"

I am one of those people who can be heard time and time again saying "You have GOT to hear this!" I am constantly making mixed cd's for friends or making people wait in the car a few (or maybe more) extra minutes to hear "just ONE MORE song that I have GOT to play for you."

So think of this blog as our little "New Music For The Soul" club.  I will be posting Artists, Songs, Albums, and Movies that inspire me or simply make me happy. They might not all be your cup of tea, but check them out.... you never know when you will find that one song to brighten your day.

Speaking of brightening your day, here's a great cover of "You Are My Sunshine" by up and coming jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek. 

Here's the audio for "You Are My Sunshine" from Sara's first album "Yours"

This is an absolutely beautiful rendition of Billy Joel's "And So It Goes" featured on her 2nd album "Return To You"

Sara has 2 great studio albums with some pretty cool covers.  She also has a live album "Live at the Jazz Bakery"  that you can purchase on her website or i-tunes.  This album has a really cool version of "So This Is Love" from Disney's "Cinderella."

Here's her website....

www.saragazarek.com

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Thanks for reading! (and listening)

Musically Yours,

MICHAEL