We are perpetually molded by our ecosystems. We are not today who we will be in ten years.Baseball is a teacher. Among the many gifts our sport has provided me, country music stands out as perhaps the most unexpected. As I make my way to Nashville, I’m reminded that I never thought I’d have a genuine appreciation for the genre.I often ponder how baseball has shaped my … [Read more…]

I’ve said it before, this is a lifestyle blog. Art is well within our theoretical boundaries. Practically, we have no walls anyhow. Let’s talk music.Any true fan of hip-hop digs the activity of ranking their top ten albums of all time. Clearly, this is a subjective activity. Music is art. We love what we love and cannot be wrong.If you’ve been reading this blog, you … [Read more…]

Hip-hop is poetry.Yes, this is a lifestyle/fitness blog, but we have no rules. We respond to our environments and get in moods. As such, I’m sitting in a Phoenix coffee shop, working, writing and reflecting. The speakers are pumping mid 1990’s hip-hop, the greatest era ever for the genre, hands down. I deem it apropos to illuminate some of the best lyrics/verses ever laid … [Read more…]

Playing music in the office will absolutely elevate mood and increase productivity for you and your teammates.In every clubhouse I’ve ever been in, loud music has been a part of the culture. From merengue to country, from rap to R & B, the atmosphere was perpetually soaked with the playlist of our athletes. There was consistent competition for who would choose the … [Read more…]

Sometimes I want to spin this off into a music blog. As I type at my kitchen table, I’m floored by the delicate flamenco guitar wafting from my speakers. Alas, this is not a blog about melody, so I won’t be breaking down this particular piece note for note. I’ll leave that to my musician father.This is, however, is a lifestyle site. We may shy away from analyzing … [Read more…]