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My Playlist

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 I am very excited to share a couple different songs from my personal playlist and a couple songs that I researched and very much enjoyed. I took inspiration from multiple different places outside of America and I am very happy with the results that I found. I hope you enjoy.  First I will be sharing with you a special piece from my Reggae playlist called "Toast" by the one and only Koffee. I have shared another song of hers on a past blog but I could not help but share this one as well, as it is another one of my favorites from her. I would say that this song is a traditional and a modern form of Jamaican music as it was only released in 2022 it has plenty of modern aspects to it but it also has a very traditional tempo and vibe that goes with it. Koffee is one of my favorite Reggae artists and her songs always put me in a good mood which is why I want to share this with all of yall.  The next song that I am going to share with yall is a traditional New Zealand song by C...

Music and Rituals

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 In my life I have had the pleasure of attending a couple of weddings in my life, although I was very young at every single one. I have been able to go to my dads wedding, my cousins wedding and my best friends sisters wedding, it is hard for me to remember all of the music that was played at these events due to how long ago they were but there have been a couple songs and moments that I can recall and would be glad to talk about in this blog. I have also been to a couple of funerals but I would rather talk about the better times I had at the weddings I have been to because I have not focused on the music that has been out on at the funerals I have attended. Plus my graduations have not had any fun music that I can talk about fondly, although my graduations have always been good and exciting for me.  The most memorable moment at my fathers wedding was when his best friend and my roommates dad Tyler went up and took the microphone, took off his jacket and loosened his tie and s...