Sitar, My Soul

So I finally took my sitar out of the garage and out of it's case and into the living room. I haven't played it since before we moved and that has been way too long for someone that claims she's determined to learn how to play it well. I love the sitar - everything about it - from the way it looks to the way it sounds. If an instrument ever could represent the sound of a soul, it would by far be the sound of a sitar. Holding and playing the sitar I find to be such a spiritual experience, it's hard to describe really... But it's so meditative and soothing. I've never gotten that feeling from other instruments I've played.

Here's my sitar set up in my living room. I just recently got that floor pillow from World Market. It is officially my sitar pillow just for when I play - my official "ass pillow." Hahaha!

I love the upper large Lotus Pegs, they add such beauty.

The removable toomba that's behind. It's hollow with a hole underneath and adds extra resonance when you play.

A shot of the various carved detail and decoration.

A Better (and Fun) Second Day

Gavin was quick to get off the school bus today - he didn't fall asleep! Now that's how I like it! The bus driver praised him and so did I and he came home very excited about school. All seems well now. Good thing, because I was starting to think that rainbow from yesterday morning was lying to me!

He and I started playing Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock yesterday (first day of school gift). We played some more today and OMG, that game rocks (literally huh?)! Brian and I ordered another guitar with a game bundle so we could play against Gavin and because the Guitar Hero games from GameFly weren't available so we decided to just buy one.


I cannot stress enough how fun this game is! I don't even listen to rock music all that much but I find myself really feeling the music while I'm playing - too funny! And it's so cute how Gavin gets into the music as well, trying to make sure he hits each note on time. He's excited about getting a real guitar some day.

Seems like the song "Slow Ride" is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the night, it's echoing in my head as a type!

Cirque du Soleil - Believe

I need to see this show! I have always been in love with Cirque du Soleil and even though Criss Angel is a little irritating, his show BeLIEve looks AMAZING. The Wade Robson choreographed performance of the Cirque du Soleil troupe on the So You Think You Can Dance finale was awe-inspiring and completely drew me in with the costumes and music. If this performance is amazing, just imagine the actual whole production!

Take a look below:

And the website can be viewed here.

Ambient Music

I have some favorite new music to listen to while meditating and relaxing. All Our Ancestors by Tuu. I really do adore ambient or atmospheric music. For me this is real "soul" music.

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You can preview the songs on Amazon. My favorites would have to be 2. All Our Ancestors, 5. Rainfall, 6. Illumination and 7. Shiva Descending, though I love the whole album! And it was nice saving $10 just by buying it all in MP3 files as well! It's been so long since I've used a CD for music for myself. I share my music with my PS3, having it stream my songs wirelessly from my computer so I can listen through the television. My husband did copy some of my songs straight on the PS3's hard drive also though, but for reason I just like how I can "stream".

There's some very calming music visuals on the PS3 as well, which fits perfectly with ambient music almost like it was made especially for it. I really love playing ambient music and having the house take on a spiritual calming vibe.

I had a previous album (on CD) by Tuu called Mesh, but I lost it! It's okay though, for now I am really digging this one by them.