Fantastic Beats and Where I Find Them

Hip-hop was always in the background of my youth, no matter how much alternative rock I listened to in my room and at school.  I grew an appreciation for the instrumentals more than the vocal tracks, but I did have a lot of appreciation for West Coast Hip-Hop thanks to my brother.  I grew to listen to A Tribe Called Quest and Busta after that, Abstract remains one of my top MCs along with Mos Def and Method Man (Wu Tang is beast, that's a given). 

Lately, I've been sifting through trip hop tracks and instrumentals;  Massive Attack and Rob Dougan pop up the most.  The chill beats calm me and do help me to write (and even weight lift, in a strange way).  As of this moment, a mix of jazz and hip hop streams through my headset. 

I cannot recommend trip-hop beats enough.  They're both meditative and motivating for the mind.  They push a steady river of creativity through the pathways in my brain until three minutes turns into three hours without realization. 

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I still have a craving for instrument playing here and there.  Particularly the violin, as I have only played the cello and trying something like the violin appeals to me.  I blame Sherlock.   Damn that great show.

Perhaps one day, I'll explore a drum kit to a further extent than I have in the past.  As stated above,  beats appeal to me and creating them would be a fun thing to try out on a kit.

That's all for now.  It's been a busy day of work and adulting and my head must rest and continue to absorb the aural smoothness.

-D