Opus 80|A Musical Opus from the 1980s

I’m definitely a big fan of music from the eighties, as I’m sure you can tell, if you’ve spent any time reading this blog at all.  That’s totally understandable, when you consider, that those were my formative years growing up.  While I do believe, that the eighties provided some of the best music and musicians of theirs and others generations, I do listen to plenty of other music.  You know how the saying goes.  The more you love music, the more music you love.  Depending on the mood I’m in, I’ll listen to just about any kind of music.  At one time I wouldn’t listen to country, but that genre has changed so much, I do enjoy it as well.  About the only thing I won’t listen to, is opera.  I just haven’t managed to get my head wrapped around that one.

Lately, I’ve been kind of hooked into trance music.  It’s one I’d heard of in the past, but never really paid much attention to it.  Again, I think it really comes down to what your in the mood for.  I’m playing some right now, while I write this post, and I find it pretty motivating while I write.  It sort of just  gets you in the mood to move.  This is not the kind of music for lazy casual surfing.  You can listen to trance music yourself if you want to give it a try.  I’m a drummer, and played a lot from the time I was ten till about twenty one.  It’s still in my blood, and I can’t help but play along while listening to it.

If your looking to learn a little bit more about this interesting genre, then like anything else on the web, it’s always a great idea to talk to others.  A trance forum, is a good place to start.  I used to think trance was all just pounding bass with some  synthesizer thrown in to keep it interesting for the dance floor club.  But, the stuff I like also has some interesting vocal stuff going on.  Not really words so much, but more like Enya or Tangerine Dream kind of mystical floating stuff.  That’s my favorite.  Some of the vocals are actual words, and that’s cool too, but I really like the other stuff.