good music for the trail
What are some good tunes to put on an mp3 player while hiking the trail. All types of music are welcome. I more or less just want some ideas
For me for hiking, nothing compares to good ole' BLUEGRASS.
Normally i listen to lounge, jazz, big band and hardcore/deathmetal.
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. - Steven Wright
Metallica for going up hills,
Pink Floyd for resting at the top.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams
Something with a strong beat to give you that adrenaline rush you need at the end of the day.
Nature sounds, relaxing. Something to help remember to start slow, then slow down and enjoy.
Life off trail is hectic. Life on trail is a choice. Hike slow, fast, or whatever...just enjoy.
Your choice of music will be what helps you achieve a level of enjoyment, and leave behind the hectic of life off trail.
My 1/2 cent anyway....
Gosh, that's such a wide open question, its impossible really to give you anything that isn't a shot in the dark with regard to what you might actually like. I can tell you what I like, and while I don't listen much while on the trail, I typically have a shuffle handy for evening listening, or in bed early due to rain, etc. I like a mix of stuff, but enough of one genre so that if I'm in that mood, I can listen to several songs in a row of it...
Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit
Cake
Allison Krause and Union Station
Robert Palmer
Pink Floyd
Steve Miller
Chieli Minucci
Tinsley Ellis
I realize that these are my personal choices, but I think it would get mighty old if I were listening to one genre all the time. Otherwise, bluegrass does seem to be perhaps the best fit for the Appalachian mountains.
"I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe... ?"
- Kate Chopin
There is too much to miss listening to music while hiking, for me. Euro trance and dance for in my tent, though. That's probably after a little NPR. But really the sounds of the woods hold my attention and keep me walking.
Then there is the live music sometimes found at shelter areas with the sad harmonica player moaning into the night or the mandolin student honing their skills. It's all part of the trail life getting together at the end of the day for camaraderie and day's shared experience. One of the nicest sounds to me is the music of a crackling fire surrounded with quiet stares that we humans have spent countless eons doing.
[QUOTE=Joe Cross;1098091]Nature sounds, relaxing. Something to help remember to start slow, then slow down and enjoy.
Load your ipod with nothing but nature sounds, it'll keep you in the mood.Save the music for trailtowns, you'll start appreciating music you never thought you'd enjoy.
Drive-By Truckers
If I'm having a rough day on the trail, I listen to what I work out to, which is dance/hip hop. At the end of the day when I'm snuggled warm in my tent I have to have some Norah Jones playing!
HAPPY TRAILS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD HIKE!
Acoustic Jerry Garcia
I hike to North Carolina's own Avett Bros. plus other bluegrass, anything but the Theme to Deliverance!
I listen to folk-punk on the trail mostly. Check out Mischief Brew.
Avett brothers are great.Originally Posted by Ashevillian
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
-Edward Abbey
Claude DeBussey and Joe Satriani
Cinderella.. The Last Mile, Long Cold Winter, I'm Coming Home, Push Push and Somebody Save Me are all great hiking tunes. :-)
Careful not too turn it too loud. I've scared the crap out of more than one person coming up from behind to pass them.
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Everybody dies someday, but not everyone gets to live.
The great tragedy isn't that people die for freedom...but that people live for nothing.
The Sound of Silence.
"If you don't know where you're going...any road will get you there."
"He who's not busy living is busy dying"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxkEzS4X7_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAe4ULW4AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPsmPHwp9rE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tolm-07if3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8UDe6UQGQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIRE6iw-ws4&ob=av3nl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTUUutXanLM&ob=av3el
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I2BKXSbUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrrGKR8Xii4&ob=av3nm
maybe one more Nico Vega song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dppqi2ccscU
Ok, I have a somewhat silly question....how do you keep your mp3, iPod, iPhone, Shuffle, Nano....whatever juiced up? My power doesn't last when I'm listening to music for more than 5 hours - that isn't even a day of hiking
Cowboy Mouth. That's assuming i was cool enough to own an I-maxipad. (is that what they are called?)
"some editing should be done in parentheses for clarity where spelling prevents reading."---matthewski
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