This Collection

After lamenting how challenging it is to find Good, Uplifting Music (GUM, we'll call it), I decided to begin this blog to gather the GUM that is out there, wherever it may be.

So, welcome to this new blog, a venue to share music that is both uplifting and good-quality!

By "uplifting," I mean that you feel better because you listened to it.  You feel happier, the world seems like a better place, or you are simply left in awe of the beauty of the music.  This also means that there will be no offensive or suggestive lyrics, and only family-friendly videos will be embedded here.

By "good-quality," I mean that the music is moving, interesting, well-composed, and/or otherwise better than the average music that you might pull off the shelf or Pandora might pull out of the box.

There will be lots of variety, and when I say variety, I don't mean what radio stations mean ("We play everything from this-kind-of-pop to that-kind-of-pop!").  I believe that there can be good music in every genre, so this is really, truly, a variety station!  ...Though I confess I do have favorite kinds :)

There will be music from country

("This" - Darius Rucker)

to hip hop

("Miss Independent" - Ne-Yo)

[The official video is quite fun, but there is enough immodesty that I didn't embed it here.]

to a'capella

("Club Can't Even Handle Me Right Now" by Flo Rida - Dartmouth Aires)

to orchestral

("The Lark Ascending" - Ralph Vaughan Williams)

To the extent possible, the title and artist will always be listed, along with a recording of the music (from YouTube, upon which I will depend for legality of the recording!).

Enjoy, and I look forward to your comments!