The Musical Baton

Gary has kindly passed me the so called ‘musical baton’. I’m not quite sure what the purpose of this is, but I feel I should participate in one of these weird blog things once in my life. So here goes:

Total volume of music files on my computer:
26.0 GB (loads of CDs still not ripped - when will I find the time?)

The last CD I bought was:
I’m not really sure. I think it was The Original Musiquarium by Stevie Wonder, though it may have been The Best Of The Crusaders, by The Crusaders.

Song playing right now:
Nothing. Have been drinking a nice bottle of Wolf Blass (Yellow Label) Shiraz (2002) after spending a pleasant evening in the pub with my old boss and work colleague. The last music I listened to today was from the Quincy Jones album The Dude.

Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
Hard one this - it really depends on my mood. I like Miles Davis a lot, and can listen to tracks like Freddie Freeloader all night.

In the morning as I drive to work something like the Karelia Suite (Sibelius) is good, as is Holst’s Jupitor (The Planets). They’re quite uplifting and they help wake me up in the morning.

When I’m working there isn’t really anything I listen to regularly, but an album that goes on for a long time and doesn’t require much thought is good, so Marc Moulin (Placebo Sessions) or John Schofield (A Go Go) hits the spot.

When it’s late at night and I’ve had a few drinks, tunes like Hey Jude and The Fool on the Hill (The Beatles) manage to make me depressed for various reasons.

So there you have it - a list of music that very few people will have heard of!

Five people to whom I’m passing the baton:
Nobody - sorry