Best Music of 2009

You may think I'm a little early if you thought I'd tell you my picks for the best of 2009. I am realizing though that we are in the last quarter of the year and I started thinking about what I would pick as my favourite songs of 2009.

It's been a great year for music for me. I have been to more concerts this year than possibly the last two or three put together. So we can't say that I didn't love music this year.

Here's my dilemma. I don't think I have discovered anyone that I absolutely love this year. It has been a year of new music by artists I already loved or liked. Looking at my iTunes library, most of the music I have downloaded this year has been by artists I already knew.

There have been many other artists and bands that I have read about but haven't taken the time to really listen to. Many of them, at first listen didn't appeal to me, even if they are getting rave reviews from critics and friends.

So in order to try to make a more comprehensive list of my favourite songs of 2009, I resolve to take more time to listen to new music instead of just my old favourites...but then, perhaps the new artists of 2009 are not for me. We'll see in the new few months.