Let Us Go

Song of the Day: The Bird and the Worm by Owl City

I recently received an English Assignment to write a poem with the prompt "Let us go..." from T.S. Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". The point of the poem we were to write was supposed to take the reader through a visual spin of our mind. Of course, I did mine on a spin of music. So I decided to share it with you today! Ho-ray for school assigned poems. I've written a bazillion and one of these in my lifetime.

"Let us go then into the airwaves of music

To the colors painted by invisible tones

To the moods spun out of utter nothingness

To the feelings created of innumerable experiences

Plastered on the canvases of your mind

Let us go to the place where emotions are almost tangible

To a place where you can drift in carefree bliss

Or sink into a hammock of lines and words and phrases

And notes and chords and key changes

It’s a world that you can create

And share with others

That others can share with you

With vibrant rifts and colorful flowing notes

You can paint your own masterpiece

You can write your own story

Where you can mold your own destiny

In the airwaves of music"

Clever, eh? I'd say it's pretty crazy. I'm just excited to be writing something without writers block again! :)

The reason today's song is one by Owl City is because Adam Young does a fantastic job of writing incredibly visually oriented music and lyrics, kind of like T.S. Elliot did. Sometimes the world needs to be painted with a bit more color, and both of these literal artists did so; one with music, one with literature. If anything, this goes to show there are a million ways to express what you want to say, so what's holding you back? "Let us go..." and create our own worlds!

Keep on Listening

Love, Lydia

Face Your Cage

Today’s Song: The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most by Dashboard Confessional

Today I was hit with an incredible, unshakable desire to write in my English class today. I know that may not sound like a big deal, but for someone who’s had a strong writer’s block for 2 straight years, this was pretty incredible! The most frustrating part of this desire was the fact that I could feel the creativity stored up inside me, but something was damming it up. I couldn’t focus on one idea long enough to start writing anything. It was worse than straight up writer’s block. At least when you have writer’s block you have a good reason to not write. I have no excuse.

I figured it’s because I’m afraid to write again. As silly as that sounds, I’m afraid to start where I left off. Maybe it’s because the times in my life when I turned to writing were times I was struggling personally, and so maybe that has something to do with it? I’m not sure. Point is, I feel like I’m practically exploding with ideas, but I’m too afraid to set aside time to sort them out and work on them.  That’s why today’s song is The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most.  Sometimes we lock ourselves into "mental cages" on the thought that it’ll help us stay safe from something, when it’s best if we can be honest with ourselves and face our problems head on, things will be better. It cuts out all the worry and heartache that can happen in between.

Face Your Cage

This idea was cemented for me today when I worked with some of the pre-school aged children in the Child Care Center at my school today. Whenever a problem arose, the children resolved with each other quickly and within three minutes they had moved on and continued playing and learning together. Oh how I wish things were that easy again. Maybe this means I need to start acting like a smile child? Because I am a HUGE fan of that idea.

Don’t psych yourself out. Just face whatever’s bugging you. Maybe that can be the challenge for today? Find one thing that’s been bugging you for a while (a past argument with a friend that needs to be resolved, a term project you’ve been procrastinating, a personal habit you've been meaning to break), and fix it! Break out of your Cage. I promise you’ll feel better; even in the process is slightly painful.

Keep on Listening

Love, Lydia

Defying Gravity

Song of the Day : "Defying Gravity" from the Musical Wicked


Some days just suck, right? 


This moring I woke up to some very personal and potentially heartbreaking news. I couldn't shake this sick feeling in my stomach and it was a day that I decided I was going to stay home, in bed, and ignore everything. In the back of my mind, I realized that I should probably turn to my religion for help, because the feeling in my stomach wasn't going away. After I did, a song came into my head, which is the song of today. All at once, I decided that today wasn't the day to let anything bring me down, and no matter what happened, I was going to be optimistic. I know people say to believe in the power of positive thinking, but I now have a first hand experence to the fact that it really works! Yes, the thought of what happened is still in my head, but I push it out and move on. 


Point is... Life goes on . No matter what happens, you can't stop and wallow forever. I understand that everyone needs a mourning period, and I had mine, But I can't let something so small keep me down. My life was made to be lived. I know things aren't perfect and things don't always go as planned, and we just need to learn to take it as it comes, and plan for the best. Everyone has the potential to be incredible, to rise above their shortcomings and to become the best they can be. That's why today's song is Defying Gravity. In this song, Elphaba sings about how she's not going to let anything bring her down. Some of these lyrics represented my mood today perfectly: 


"So if you care to find me 
Look to the western sky 
As someone told me lately 
Everyone deserves the chance to fly! 
And if I'm flying solo 
At least I'm flying free 
To those who ground me 
Take a message back from me
Tell Them How I'm Defying Gravity...!" 

(Elphaba performing "Defying Gravity" in the Musical Wicked)

I believe that everyone can defy their gravity, that they can rise above what brings them down. 


Keep on Listening 
Love, Lydia

Now Let it Begin!

So here's my blog. Whatever. Everyone and their dog has a blog, right?


Well, neither Lydia nor her non-existent dog have blogs. So starting today? I have one. Next on the list: buy a dog. 


The reason this blog is called LydiAudio is because that's the sum of my life. My Name is Lydia and I love anything audio related. I've worked with recording, mixing, and writing my own music as well as listening to hundreds of thousands of songs. So every blog will be accompanied by a song. It could have to do with the post, or it could just be a good song I've picked up for the day. Either way, I'm sure you'll find a plethora of music here from dozens of different genres. :)


Today's Song: Follow Me Down by 30H!3


In all actuality, I decided to make a blog for music and my crazy, mixed up life. Since I was 13, writing had always been a form of escape for me, so I decided to have an output for clearing my head and sharing the music that I love. The next few weeks are probably going to be a bit shaky, seeing as I've never really done this before, but I have a feeling that after a while I'll start to get into the pace of things and figure it all out. I might just have to call in some of my tech-y friends to help. 


So Let's Being!


What is it about Music that seems to influence our moods? Songs about loosing something special seem to bring back past memories, songs with a fast beat make our hearts race and give us the desire to dance (even if we can't), songs with darker tones and force seem to bring us to anger. Music is as psychological as you could ever believe. To a person like me, It's as incredible as comfort food. And with iPods and MP3 players, we're in ultimate control of how our moods can change by a simply click of a button. Maybe that's why so many people love music. 


Either way, Music is catharsis for so many things, so put in your headphones and relax. You're creating your own world now. 


Keep On Listening
Love, Lydia


(Posts will get progressively better, I promise)