SJM_EditorsNote_3_20_EditorsNote 3 / 4 / 20 3 : 21 PM Page 1 Music to My Ears few nights back , I was digging in the crates as them to classmates . I would give anything to find one of those tapes . they say and found myself listening to some of These days I listen to more indie college music than classic rock , the seminal records that served as the sound - but I pride myself on being well - versed in all genres and love to talk track to my late teen and early adulthood years . about The Grateful Dead as much as I do the Wu - Tang Clan . That’s A Rock , rap , pop , punk , you name it ; I’ve always had an what I find most beautiful about music . Sure , I give country a hard affinity for all kinds of music — except country , I find time , but some folks don’t dig on the Beastie Boys or The Velvet it to be grating to my ears . My one grandmother used Undergound like I do . It’s all good . To me , music is meant to be to love Randy Travis and because of that I found out early in life that shared , but it’s also very personal . We may like the same artists , but country music was not for me . To each their own . chances are for different reasons . And every song I listen to regularly In my house growing up , we listened to everything else . My dad holds a special meaning , instantly transporting me to a time and would spin his Motown 45s , drop the needle on a Rolling Stones place that makes it all feel momentous . If you truly have a passion album or crank up the volume on a newly released Run - D.M.C . for music , I know you are familiar with this feeling . record . To my family , especially my father , That’s why this month’s feature on the history of rock ‘ n ’ roll and music was a big part of its local roots is perfect for music lovers . I’ve been to the Rock and life . I became so familiar with certain records that we used to play Roll Hall of Fame three times and while Cleveland claims to be its a game in the car . A song would come on what was then Oldies 98 home , South Jersey could be considered its birthplace . Join us as FM and my father would allow the first three seconds of the song we take a trip down memory lane with the folks who were there to to play and then I would guess what it was . I became pretty good witness it all and you’ll find it hard to argue otherwise . at identifying the opening riffs or initial drum kicks and it helped Hail ! Hail ! Rock ‘ n ’ Roll . cement my own love affair with music . To this day , one of my biggest thrills is discovering what’s new . Kind regards , For every known artist in my collection , I have many more that would never be considered mainstream . In high school , a friend and I used to host our own “ radio show ” in his basement where we “ broke ” new music . We would record the show , spend way too much time dubbing it onto several blank cassettes and then sell Peter J . Proko , Editor - in - Chief SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 12 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 4 |