In discussing good studying music my girlfriend and I struck gold in exactly the same region of musical inspiration.
While the dark rainy streets of Paul Kalkbrenner could give me an aggressive focus strengthened by some more electronic tunes pervaded by base and a high beat-per-minute I realised that in the past this steady wears your ears out and you reach a point where you just want silence.
Well we found something even better, I kept up the energy but toned down the electricity by reaching for Rodrigo Y Gabriela, whose blend of Spanish guitar and Metallica riffs always energise and excite me.
But finally she knew the answer and in we welcome Buena Vista Social Club. They remind me of my parents taste in music, the depth of their collection and how nice it is just to be home and riffling through dusty records and CD's, discovering gems that Spotify or YouTube would never let me stumble upon.
What I've noticed though is that this summer music is completely at odds with the freezing temperatures outside, my desire to strap in and head out on the snowboard is thwarted by our inevitably wet weather and all this music does is confuse me more.
But it makes me happy.
But it makes me happy.
