GH Daily Grind
We all know the daily grind, much like the movie Ground Hog Day, it starts the same way every morning. Wake-up, hit the restroom brew your first cup, get a heart beat and the routine begins.
The experience is real and universal, foremost because us humans are creatures of habit, and we like that predictable routine. Something safe about routine. Change on the other hand not so much. However, when routine becomes a grind then the wheels start wobbling and the cart is now in danger, most cases we persevere ignore the wobble and grind on. Only thing is the wobble didn’t get fixed and now it is getting worst for the ware.
GH Blog ‘The Daily Grind’ is here to help to find a moment to change the grind, to inject something different, something uplifting, even if just for a moment of a good cup of joe.
Over the past 5 years, after leaving corporate America (daily grind) for 40 years, one thing has percolated to the surface, a lost passion, a joy that once occupied a good portion of my time. It was magical then and now it is medicine. The medicine of Music!
While the days of vinyl records and album cover art has receded and now reemerged, some of you will remember the ritual of the hunt at a record store, the unveiling of the disc from the sleeve and the ceremonial process of placing that magical grooved disc on the turntable, 3 drops of vinyl cleaner on the velvet covered 2”x6” brush, then the carefully placed stylist. Finding the best audio convergence in the room and cross legged, discovering every inch and nuance of the album jacket.
Reading the lyrics, pawing over the juicy tidbits of who else worked on the recording, who played what instrument, who wrote the songs, the producer, the engineer, and the art of the song.
The Daily Grind is here to bring some of this back with stories, pictures, sound bites and interviews with the artist gracing the GH stage. The influences that brought the song to life. Maybe some news about where they are going, who they are working with next or just something personal. We hope to give you that cross legged experience of pawing over the album and the art of the song. Sit back and take the medicine we have stored away on the back shelf of the medicine cabinet.
Our Daily Grind is over if just for that moment we look at the jacket of a new album, song and artist. Join us and everyone looking for that music experience you can only get when you stop the daily grind and tune-in.
