So randomly last night I was putting away laundry (that's not the random part yet) and I got to thinking how awesome it would be to have a soundtrack to my life! Mostly cuz I LOVE music and there's just so many songs that characterize certain times in my life!
So I started thinking of all the songs that just remind me of my childhood (like James Taylor, David Benoit, Simon and Garfunkel . . . all the stuff that Dad listened to, plus those awesome songs we'd listen to with mom on the way to preschool!), junior high (backstreet boys are a fav . . . still hehe, and mine and michelle's disney dance parties in my kitchen? classic), high school (too many to even name here, but ones that remind me of being an SBO, being in the school musical, school dances, concerto night, and just good times with friends), and the college years (I have different songs that remind me of EVERY semester/summer and the friends I had and girls I lived with . . . I could make a whole soundtrack just of living with Ang and Ka I think!). There's piano pieces I've played, songs from EFY counselor times, songs I'd listen to as I cleaned up after banquets in the JSMB on temple square, songs that remind me of amazing friends I've had, songs that got me through hard times, favorite hymns that either comfort me or just express my testimony of my Savior, songs that remind me of the fam, songs that just scream Christmastime in the Gibbons' house, and songs that are especially fun to dance to, be it cha-cha, waltz, WEST COAST SWING, or country swing dance!
Anyway, I sat down, opened up itunes, and started compiling this soundtrack. When I first began I was thinking I'd get like 20 songs and make a cd and make it my soundtrack! Finally around 11:30 pm I had come up with 116 songs!! Way too many! That's even after cutting it down. I need to cut it down more and be harsh and get rid of ones that I simply love and keep ones that REALLY remind me of a time or have had special meaning in my life, but it's so hard!! I've gotten teased by countless people who have noticed that there are a MILLION songs that will make me say "Oh I LOVE this song!!" when it pops up on the radio or my ipod or whatnot. Anyway, the only point to this post is to express my love of music and the big influence it's been in my life. I LOVE IT!! Maybe if I get the soundtrack cut down to a reasonable number of songs, I will share it with you all :)
So I started thinking of all the songs that just remind me of my childhood (like James Taylor, David Benoit, Simon and Garfunkel . . . all the stuff that Dad listened to, plus those awesome songs we'd listen to with mom on the way to preschool!), junior high (backstreet boys are a fav . . . still hehe, and mine and michelle's disney dance parties in my kitchen? classic), high school (too many to even name here, but ones that remind me of being an SBO, being in the school musical, school dances, concerto night, and just good times with friends), and the college years (I have different songs that remind me of EVERY semester/summer and the friends I had and girls I lived with . . . I could make a whole soundtrack just of living with Ang and Ka I think!). There's piano pieces I've played, songs from EFY counselor times, songs I'd listen to as I cleaned up after banquets in the JSMB on temple square, songs that remind me of amazing friends I've had, songs that got me through hard times, favorite hymns that either comfort me or just express my testimony of my Savior, songs that remind me of the fam, songs that just scream Christmastime in the Gibbons' house, and songs that are especially fun to dance to, be it cha-cha, waltz, WEST COAST SWING, or country swing dance!
Anyway, I sat down, opened up itunes, and started compiling this soundtrack. When I first began I was thinking I'd get like 20 songs and make a cd and make it my soundtrack! Finally around 11:30 pm I had come up with 116 songs!! Way too many! That's even after cutting it down. I need to cut it down more and be harsh and get rid of ones that I simply love and keep ones that REALLY remind me of a time or have had special meaning in my life, but it's so hard!! I've gotten teased by countless people who have noticed that there are a MILLION songs that will make me say "Oh I LOVE this song!!" when it pops up on the radio or my ipod or whatnot. Anyway, the only point to this post is to express my love of music and the big influence it's been in my life. I LOVE IT!! Maybe if I get the soundtrack cut down to a reasonable number of songs, I will share it with you all :)
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