Lifetimes of Listening Archive
Tate Lemmer
Pandemic Listening
Tate tells of the song that marked the beginning of the pandemic for him, and the other that symbolized the moment things began to shift back towards normal.
Tim Lohman
Pivotal Musical Moments
Tim shares turning points in his appreciation of great music, and the technology that enabled them
Leah Lopez
Mariachi Transforms You
Leah describes performing Mariachi, and what it is like playing music with your best friends.
Chris Maluszynski
A Song (a Psalm), for Summer, in Sweden
Chris remembers a psalm that children sang at the beginning of Summer in Sweden.
Pila Martinez
A Song for a Father's Funeral
Pila remembers fulfilling her father's request that her daughter's honor his memory with a recording of "My Way."
Adam Mattson
With a choir, it’s music
Adam discusses a love of singing and how choral competitions in high school still transport him back.
Tom McElhaney
A Greatest Time
Tom describes the founding of Troy’s Bucket and his lifelong connection to Metal music.
Jacob Thanh Son Metcalf
Finding Your Voice
Jacob tells how he developed his personal musical style from listening and emulating to the vocal techniques of Max and others.
Loren Mitchel
Changing Understandings of Pop Song
Loren reflects on how his relationship to music changes over time.
Kyle Mittan
A child at Red Rocks
Kyle recalls his first-ever concert and the vivid nature of his memories, despite his being five years old at the time.
Tariq Mohammed
The Music You Listen to Actively
Tariq describes listening to his mom’s classical piano records, and all of the influences that shape the music he makes today.
Becky Moon
The Panama City Beach Bop
Becky explains why if people don’t want her to dance in public, they ought not play that kind of music.
Will Moon
The song that creates a perfect melancholy
Will reflects on how a single song in a film taught him to connect more deeply with music.
Whitney Morgan
Dad, the Big Bopper and Me
Whitney's connection with her father through music, and a moving musical reconnection late in his life
Andy Mourelatos
Return Again to Music
Andy discusses how music has existed in his life, from his childhood drum set, through favorite albums, to bands and being a fan of Tucson’s local music scene.
Kyle Myint
A Good Way to Express Yourself
Kyle recounts his time with piano, and how he found motivation by playing music with friends.
Jamili Omar
When My Dad Was Around There Was Music
Jamili recounts how she inherited a tendency to always have music in her household from her dad, and also her love of James Taylor's music.
Bo Ongley
How Doo Wop Helps One Fall in Love
Bo remembers the first time he sang doo wop with his then future wife
Giselle Pereyra
Keep Building One’s taste in Music
Giselle recounts some songs that make her feel a “certain way,” and that one song that makes her think of dodgeball.
Laurel Pollard
My Father’s Musical Gift to Me
Recollections of a special, musically moving experience in the life of a young girl.