Josh's Music Blog

"Freudian" by Daniel Caesar Freudian Album Cover   Introduction: I was recommended this song by a friend a while ago. I had never really listened to Daniel Caesar before, but I had probably heard him singing on the radio once or twice. Anyways, I was recommended this song back when I was in a rough spot. This song was the some of the most calming music I had heard in a long time. Considering the fact that my library of music is mainly R&B/ Pop, this is surprising. "Freudian" was released on August 25th, 2017 and is a two part piece with a silent interlude putting the song up to 10 minutes. Trust me, it is worth every second. From the mix of piano and electronic music in the beginning to the beautiful Organ in the second part of the song, "Freudian" is a master piece. The album even won the Juno Award for R&B/Soul recording of the year! According to cherwell.org: "Caesar called the album Freudian after learning of Sigmund Freud’s Oedipus comp...

  Introduction: I remember the first time going to piano lessons. I was just eight years old and more excited than ever. As I walked in, I saw this wooden instrument with ivory keys gleaming under the lights. Every key with its respective string ready to be struck by the hammers and create a beautiful sound. As soon as I started playing, I immediately fell in love with the piano. The thought of infinite creativity and infinite combinations of notes to create any music that I wanted sparked my enjoyment every time I played the piano. That feeling still resides within myself today, nearly eleven years later. After many years of playing this instrument, I became fascinated with its history. I've seen a lot of instruments' history and timelines, but none really undergo the amount of change that the piano does. The piano didn't start as the wonderful electrical keyboards that we see today. In fact, the piano didn't even start out as the piano, but as a basic instrument that ...

It seems like every time I look around me people are on their electronics. This is something that I used to do a lot as well and still struggle with to this day. In high school I was a pretty anxious person and liked keeping to myself. If I was nervous or didn't find a conversation going as planned, I would always resort to my phone as a way to cope with the stress and social anxiety. However, as I went into my junior year, I was recommended this song by a friend. It's a simple song with some happy lyrics, but it's those lyrics that made me think about what I had been doing and the experiences I was missing out on just by indulging in by electronics/possessions. After listening to this song for about a month, I decided I was going to start enjoying life more. When someone began talking to me, it didn't matter what I was doing on my phone, I would put it down and listen. When I went on sports trips, I would talk to people that I didn't know and pull the air pods out ...