To help ourselves remember who we really are, music can play a big part. Music can uplift and inspire. For a quick pick-me-up, listen to one or more songs on my inspiring music list. If you have recommendations of songs to add, please feel free to contact me to let me know your recommendations!
Inspiring Music List
Listen to any of these songs/composers every day for a great uplift. (I can't say that all the videos are super uplifting or as modest as I would like them to be, thus the emphasis on "listen". Most of them are pretty good, though. And I can't vouch for all songs by all these artists being good.) At some point I will organize these in categories and add lots more songs, but here is a good start for you.
- Marika Lee's Music Pages
- Pentatonix (a cappella group)
- Hans Zimmer (various movie soundtracks - some very uplifting, some a little eery)
- John Williams (Star Wars and other soundtracks)
- Be Still My Soul Arr by Kari Jobe
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir -- this link takes you to an online radio station of just Mormon Tabernacle Choir music
- Happy by Pharrell Williams
- On top of the World by Imagine Dragons
- Fight Song by Rachel Platten
- Children's songbook -- Most of the songs on the list have an audio recording to listen to
- Brave by Sarah Bareilles
- Hello, My Name Is by Matthew West
- XLNC1.org -- free listen online classical music radio station that I like. There are many others out there too.
- Hymns -- Most of the songs on the list have an audio recording to listen to
- Chariots of Fire by Vangelis
- Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
- You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban
- When You Believe by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey
- I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly
- Don't Stop Believing by Journey
- Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down) by Chumbawamba
- Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
- What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
- The Greatest Showman soundtrack
Favorite Music Quotes
Next to the word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language, combined with the gift of song, was given to humankind that we should proclaim the Word of God through music. ~~Martin Luther
Where words fail, music speaks.~~Hans Christian Andersen