This is a song that I remember my sisters playing when I was maybe 5 years old. I don’t remember being anywhere, but I remember feeling their teen angst and I remember feeling safe with them. It came up on a station and it took me right back.
The prompt for this week is about emotional memories. Explore a song that reminds you of a bittersweet memory and wait for the chills. Wait for the moment that your brain begins to itch as the melody brings you right back to that point in time.
Music is subtly associative like smells and tastes can be. We remember the way we felt from deep within our subconscious as soon as we get a whiff again.
So try it out. Go back.
If you are inspired, you can create something beautiful from nostalgia. Cover that song or write something inspired by it.
If it moves you, it’s right.
Music isn’t all about perfecting the craft, dedicated study, comprehension, or knowing how to make it at all.
It all starts with our ears. In our hearts. In moments.