Below is a list of some of the Music, Books and Movies that have impacted me in a positive way. If you check out any of these, I hope the they make a positive difference for you too. Most are availabe through Amazon and tracks can be auditioned. Check back on occasion as recommendations will be added occasionally. We've also added an Equipment and Accessories section that may serve some use for you. These are all manufacturers we've had positive expereince with and whose products we admire.
In no particular order....
Music: Rating scale: 1 to 5 Stars
One Night In The South/ Dave Potts[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Music: 5
Recording: 3.5
http://www.davepotts.comSix Degrees Of Inner Turbulance/Dream Theater[/color]
Genre: Avantgarde Rock
Music: 4.5
Recording: 4
Label: Wea/Elektra Entertainment
A New Standard/Steve Tryell[/color]
Genre: Jazz Standards
Music: 4.5
Recording: 4.5
Label: Atlantic
Riverdance/Bill Whellan[/color]
Genre: Celtic
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Celtic Hearbeat
Big Horizons/Dave Wilcox[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Music: 5
Recording: 4
Label: A&M
The Nightshift Watchman/Dave Wilcox[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Music: 5
Recording: 4
Label: Koch
Savanah/Bruce Foulke[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Music: 4.5
Recording: 5
Label: North Star
Room For Squares/John Mayer[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Rock
Music: 5
Recording: 4
Label: Columbia
Bits And Pieces/Itzhak Perlman[/color]
Genre: Classic Piano and Violin
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: EMI
Water Music/Handel[/color]
Genre: Chamber Orchestra
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Songs From Bright Avenue/Bob Bennety[/color]
Lord Of The Past/Bob Bennett[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Music: 5
Recording: 4.5
http://www.bob-bennett.comBeyond Bounderies/Michael Hedges[/color]
Genre: Works for Solo Guitar
Music: 5
Recording: 4
Label: Windham Hill Records
Further Attempts/Todd Garfinkle[/color]
Genre: Jazz/Classical
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: MA Recordings
Paquito D' Rivera/The Jazz Chamber Trio[/color]
Genre: Jazz/Classical
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Chesky
Uncommon Ritual/Edger Meyer[/color]
Genre: Folk/Classical
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Sony Classical
Ucross/Dean Peer[/color]
Genre: Works for Solo Electric Bass Guitar
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: XLO Recordings
XXL/Big Phat Band[/color]
Genre: Big Band
Music: 5
Recording: 4
Label: Silverline
Let Your Voice Be Heard/Cantus[/color]
Genre: Mens Chior
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Cantus Recordings
Keb Mo'/Keb Mo[/color]
Genre: Blues
Music: 5
Recording: 4.5
Label: Epic
GRP All-Star Big Band[/color]
Genre: Big Band
Music: 5
Recording: 4.5
Label: GRP
Contrast and Parallels/Kalman Olah Trio[/color]
Genre: Jazz/Classical
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: MA Recordings
Saudades/Dom Um Romao[/color]
Genre: Jazz
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Water Lily Acoustics
Freedom'Darrell Evans[/color]
Genre: Christian Rock
Music: 5
Recording: 4.5
Label: Vertical Music
About Home/Bruce Dunlap[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Jazz
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Chesky
Because of You/Kenny Rankin[/color]
Genre: Contemporary Jazz
Music: 5
Recording: 5
Label: Chesky
Eye of The Beholder/Chic Corea Elektric Band[/color]
Genre: Progressive Jazz
Music: 5
Recording: 4.5
Label: GRP
These Are the Vistas/The Bad Plus[/color]
Genre: Progressive, Nervous, Scary, Bent Jazz
Music: 4.5
Recording: 3.5
Label: Sony
Books:
Wild At Heart/John Eldridge[/color]
Tuesdays with Morrie/Mitch Albom[/color]
Man of Steel and Velvet/Aubrey P. Andelin[/color]
A Tale Of Three Kings/Gene Edwards[/color]
Connecting/Larry Crabb[/color]
Inside Out/Larry Crabb[/color]
The Dream Giver/Bruce Wilkinson[/color]
Movies:
A Knight's Tale[/color]
As Good As It Gets[/color]
Oh Brother Where Art Thou [/color]
Riverdance[/color]
Hook[/color]
Big Fish[/color]
Good Will Hunting[/color]
The Legend of Bagger Vance[/color]
Dead Poet Society[/color]
Bravehaert[/color]
We Were Soldiers[/color]
Father Of the Bride[/color]
Equipment and Accessories:
Atma-Sphere
Bose
Pass Labs
Jolida
Classe Audio
Sim Audio
David Berning Co.
Audiodesk Systeme
Eichmann Technologies
Furutech
Basis Audio
Teres Audio
VPI Industries
Well Tempered Labs
Resolution Audio
GR Research
Haggerman Technologies
AudiodharmaTo be Continued.....