Music Moves Me: Feels Like Heaven
What a lovely week it has become here in Japan! I am a bit late to the "Music Moves Me Monday" party for this week as I have been busy…
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June 3, 2019
The Battle of the Songs: A Classic Christmas Battle Between Two Orchestras [25 Days of Holiday Songs]
Welcome to another round of The Battle of Songs. We are continuing on the theme of Christmas songs. This time, I picked two different covers of a traditional song. These two versions were written in minor keys, which, to people’s surprise, I am a big fan of. I do love songs in minor keys as they are, as I believe, express more deep emotions.
Enough of my rambling, you are probably asking what the song is? Well, click to find out!
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December 13, 2018
Get Electrified By Electra's "AC/DC" from the Musical "Starlight Express"
I spent the entire Saturday listening to musical soundtracks composed by the great Andrew Lloyd Webber. Perhaps due to the recent news of a live-action film being made that will be based on the 1981 musical Cats. Songs from another Webber musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, also came up on my Spotify playlist at the same time. This prompted me to listen to the entire live recording of the NBC live production that happened this past spring.
Spotify introduced the soundtrack to a 80s’ musical named Starlight Express while listening to various musical soundtracks. I didn’t know that this musical existed until the recommendation popped up. Though, I should have known about it beforehand because I was aiming to be a professional musical theatre actress in high school and tried to be a musical theatre nerd. But, no one mentioned this musical in high school and even in college.
But, what is Starlight Express?
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July 29, 2018
Achieving the Dream Within the Olympics
Another round of the Summer Olympics has come and go. Legions of countries sent their finest athletes to Rio de Janerio to see who would come on top. Athletes trained…
August 21, 2016
Surviving With Adventure in Modern Living
Wordpress had reminded me that it has been 22 days since I last posted Sorry for the long hiatus. I been super busy with work observations, ups and downs, and…
June 27, 2016