Response to blog post #1

The first time I listened to Abbey Road by The Beatles I was about 8 years old, and just started to play guitar.  Up until that point I had never really heard any music besides what would be played on the radio in the car, and had a very limited exposure to rock music. My family and I were on vacation on the Chesapeake Bay, and the owners of the house left an Abbey Road CD along with a CD player.

When I played the first song from the album I was taken aback by the melody lines and harmonies, and astounded by the way all the instruments formed together to make a whole.  All of the parts seemed to fit together seamlessly in a way I had never heard before.  I spent the rest of the vacation listening to the album non stop.

After being exposed to The Beatles for the first time, my motivation for playing guitar increased significantly, and I began to see the instrument in a whole different way.  I started improving much faster and it was much easier to find time to work on the skill.

Although I was not aware at the time, Abbey Road is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time, and it was the last one that all 4 of The Beatles worked on together.  They wanted to make something that they would be happy calling their final work.  They took their time writing and recording it, which was not always the case with their earlier albums.