Life's Soundtrack - All About Soundtracks

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Thursday is rapidly becoming one of my favorite days of the week, because I get to check in with all of you.  Last week we had more comments and contributions than ever before - so a huge thank you to everyone for their support, comments and suggestions!

My job typically keeps me busy and out of town.  But I just finished a major project and now find myself back at home and with a TON of vacation to take before the end of the year - and trust me I'm not complaining at all.  I'm enjoying time with family, working on projects at my house, practicing some photo skills I've learned from reading your blogs AND catching up on movies and TV shows I've missed this year.

As I've watched these shows I've been reminded again how important music is to movies and TV.  It sets the mood, gives these shows emotion and depth AND is the theme for our new playlist.  This week I'm asking you to comment with songs you love and have seen/heard in movies or on TV shows.  The song doesn't have to be on an official soundtrack, just something you've seen in a scene and thought was an awesome selection.  I'll get us started (even if my list is going to tell you a lot about the kind of shows I watch and could be embarrassing):

The Avett Brothers - If it's the Beaches (Friday Night Lights - TV version)
Alexi Murdoch - All of My Days (Away We Go)
Mike Doughty - I Hear the Bells (Veronica Mars)
Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You (One Tree Hill)
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind (The Weary Kind)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - I Will Not Walk Alone (Lost) - I can't get through a listen of this one without being covered in cold-chills.
Alison Krauss - It Doesn't Matter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - TV version)

Last week I asked you to send in song suggestions to help us build a list full of songs about sun and sunshine that we could use to help us get through the dark days of winter.  As usual, you did not disappoint.   You created a list full of amazing songs, that I know I'll be listening to frequently come January when it feels as if I'll never see sun again.  Below is the playlist with your suggestions added in, talk about a diverse list, we have everything gospel, bluegrass, punk, classical, reggae, pop, rock country, broadway, even a few cover songs in there if you listen carefully.  I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I have.

To play the songs in the Sunny Days Will Come playlist, click on the sideways triangle in the middle of the embedded player above.  You can skip ahead or back by clicking on the > or < on either edge of the player.

I've had several request to create iMixes on iTunes so you can easily find and download the entire list or just select songs you love each week.  Note: a few songs are missing as they weren't in iTunes - which just tells us how awesome and diverse we are.   To access the iMix, click on the link, it will open a new window which in turn will open your iTunes player.  You'll have an option to buy the entire list or just selection songs.

Inspiration Studio - Covers
Inspiration Studio - Sunny Days Will Come

Enjoy listening to the playlist we created last week (above in the embedded YouTube player), while you comment with your song suggestions for our All About Soundtracks playlist.  Any song you remember hearing in a TV Show or Movie that you loved and really set the scene for you can be suggested for next week's list in the comments section.

Happy Listening
Jamie
Lyrical Journey