And what areyou reading? I've just finshed a biography of Cole Porter, and ready to start on either Scott Joplin or George Gershwin.
The music of our time, is our history. You can't go back and change it. California was fun in the late 60s through the 70s....
What am I reading? What a refreshing departure from "What are you wearing?"
Sadly, I'm not in the least musical, though.
My reading habits are a little odd in that I like to keep several in play at once, and I also like to reread things I read awhile ago but liked a lot. I leave them in different places around the house so that one or more is always handy no matter what room I'm in when I feel like reading.
I'm currently reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude," "The Secret," "Love in the Time of Cholera," "Pargeters," "All the Light We Cannot See," "The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath," "The Prophet," the "Conversations With God" trilogy (love those books even though I'm an atheist), and the series of nine "Little House" books.
I do that to an extent, too. I have four places where I read music (my studio, the office, dining room, and foyer). I have a reading nook set up in my current bedroom for the bio of George Gershwin I am working on. I usually go over the bills and mail in the foyer or in my office.
Music and the people who make it are a huge thing in my life and that of my family. We consider attending a rock show to be a family value. Three generations have seen many different shows together and it's because of those moments when the music moves you and makes you think about life. I'm so glad my child and grandchildren follow in my footsteps in this one way. As far as reading, I have a library full of biographies about musicians. But right now I have Mansfield Park going.
Music is one of the most powerful and moving sensory stimuli available to we humans. It lights up more neurons in more areas of our brains than anything else we experience. Check out the documentary, Alive Inside. It’s about music’s effect on people with Alzheimer’s disease.