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Sweetly Alone by Rafael Zacher

One good thing about being involved in different music websites is the new musicians and music you discover. I came across the music of Rafael Zacher, from Barcelona, on Reverbnation. There is one of his songs in particular that I really like, "Sweetly Alone;" the tune kept playing over and over in my head. "Sweetly Alone" is a piano piece. It has a lovely melody and combines sections of fast, lively tempo with slow, more solemn sounding ones. Listening to this song, I think about the title the musician has chosen for it and how, to me, the music so accurately "describes" the state of being alone. Being alone can be "sweet," a time for quiet reflection, a time of doing what you want to do without the need to consider the desires of someone else. But, it can also be a sad, solemn time, when you ache for the presence of another human being with whom to share the moment.

I don't know that this is what Rafael Zacher had in mind with this piece. But, I think it is an enjoyable song to listen to, and the catchy melody is definitely one that stays with me.

Getting back into the groove

My hand is feeling quite a lot better, so I'm finally able to get back to doing some work for music2work2. At the moment I am focusing on getting our music up on as many music web sites as possible.  It is good to see the names of some artists who are already friends through MySpace and some other sites, but it is also good to discover new music and artists.

I have listened to a lot of music on ReverbNation.  I have also put together a Chill Playlist of music similar to that of music2work2.  Check it out; I think it is made up of some really beautiful music - - the violin of Xenia, the flute of Rachels-Music.com, the piano of ColdfusionDK, Yann Tiersen and, of course, music2work2.