The Beauty of the Rain (Inspiration #24)

As I mentioned via my post in August, I have always been someone greatly inspired by music. I have enjoyed playing it, writing it, and certainly listening to it. So whether I find myself on the worst of days or at the top of the world, I've found that music always has something to give to us. For me, it often comes in the form of inspiration.

Because of this, I have decided to share a little of this inspiration with all of you. Over the years I've amassed quite a collection of music, but experience has found that everyone listens to different things...and everyone has found hidden gems that go largely uncovered by others. So this is my very small gift to you: my own gems that I've discovered over time.

Some of these will hit home, and yet I'm certain there will be others that do nothing for you. But that is the nature of things, isn't it? Whatever the case, these are provided to you with no cost whatsoever--I only ask that if you find that you like one of these, give the artist a chance and try out either the larger album or individual songs on iTunes.

To give this a little structure, I am going to periodically post 24 songs to this blog--12 vocal and 12 instrumental (counted down in reverse order). I'll give a small background on each one and let you try it for yourself. First up:

Song #12 (Vocal): Beauty of the Rain (File removed due to space limitations)
Artist: Dar Williams
Album: The Beauty of the Rain

This song is by a fairly well known artist, Dar Williams, and was featured prominently in an episode of Alias, Season 2. I think it holds not only a terrific message but presents it in a wonderfully haunting way.

Enjoy! You can right-click on the link, then use "Save As..." to download to your computer, or most of you can likely click on the link directly to listen via your browser.