We get personal and interview each other about our music histories. Music has the power to inspire, heal, move, educate, and empower us. We share the soundtrack of our lives, theme songs, and anthems for the future and invite you to do the same.
In this episode:
• Why music is vital to a revelers life.
• Randy says bombastic. Noted just because it’s a cool word. Go ahead, say it three times.
• Randy’s idea to wind the kids down for bedtime; cue a certain easy-listening artist.
• Mood music and how to use it.
• We discuss the notion of a favorite song; how can anyone really choose?
• Randy puts Misty on the spot, she sings a lullaby, and he almost goes to sleep.
• Randy’s childhood thoughts about the power of musical genres to break people up.
• Misty demonstrates her lack of knowledge about early heavy metal.
• The magic age that everything happened for Randy.
• Can you believe the unsexy instrument that Misty’s 5th grade music teacher talked her into learning
• Good advice: Mama’s don’t let your babies grow up to not play an instrument.
• You discover that Misty spent a lot of time singing to people who belonged to a group with an atrocious name.
• Randy teases Misty about holding a special title in her hometown.
• We discuss our first records and the electronic Misty wishes she still had.
• Misty’s sister ruined a few songs by blasting them on repeat.
• You learn the musical we will make you watch if you visit near Christmas and the one that inspires talk of a REVELERS watch party.
• One of the great influential movies of Randy’s youth sparks our first on-air disagreement. Misty detests it and Randy gets a little miffed over the upcoming remake.
• Misty shares a memory of a melancholy playlist that had her mom questioning her mental health.
• A TV show inspires us to choose personal theme songs for moxie and swagger.
• We run down the soundtracks to our lives along with personal insights about first boyfriends, embarrassing home movies, secret hiding places, fashion inspiration, oddly comforting songs, the longing to write poetry, and more.
• How we listen to music shapes our musical tastes just as much as what we listen to.
• Monday Music Mania may become a thing at the Bradley house.
Click here to download a guide to
CREATE THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE
Misty’s Soundtrack
Randy’s Soundtrack
Randy said:
Music is vital to enjoying life in my opinion. – Randy Bradley Tweet This
The way they shape lyrics and tell stories through those lyrics, it always makes me want to write poetry… – Randy Bradley Tweet This
Misty said:
Music and movies go hand in hand. You watch a great movie that moves you, the music also moved you. – Misty Bradley Tweet This
(Music) was letting my soul have a way to express itself when I didn’t know how. – Misty Bradley Tweet This
Dive Deeper:
The Roots & Jimmy Fallon kid instrument video
Misty’s Beloved Cassette Player
Pete’s Dragon – old vs. coming soon
Jamie Cullum’s mad piano skills here and here
