What does music mean to me?

When people ask me what type of music I like, I always say a mix of everything. I wouldnt call myself a music fanatic but at the same time there isnt one day that goes by where I dont listen to some type of music. I am in studio all day and I am always listening to music, when I am walking to class I am listening to music, in a car, at a party, eating dinner, with friends there is always music playing. I guess I never realized how much music I actually listen to on a daily basis. I am listen to music right now. I have an itunes but mostly I like to listen to Pandora Radio because you can get a variety of different artist on the same radio and I like to mix it up every once in a while and also this radio allows me to listen to new songs.

The more and more I think about music and what it means to me I think that maybe it plays a bigger role in my life then I thought. Music can change my mood instantly. Certain songs can trigger certain memories and the emotions that go along with those memories. Some songs I can relate to and understand the hurt or pain that the arist must have been going through when they wrote that song. And some songs are just simply for fun and something to dance to. But I must say that the songs that are my favorite are the ones that I can relate to.

I was listening to a song today that I have never heard before and it caught my attention because it was talking about leaving and going somewhere far away and right now, in this point in my life, I want to move after I graduate and go someplace new. I have listened to this song about 4 times today.

I go to concerts all the time during the summer, there is something about concerts, summer, drinking, and happy people that is just awesome. I love going to concerts and I look forward to them every year. In class when we were talking about the punk rock movement and how angry everyone was and how the concerts were filled with angry kids, it made me upset that that is how they experience concerts because for me concerts are something that is fun and enjoyable, filled with drunk happy kids. I am so lucky to be living in this time where the people around me are generally happy and not angry with the world. This class has really opened up my eyes and made me realize how luck I truely am. From watching guys with dolls, experiencing second life, and learning about different time periods, i have come to a new realization that I should be more greatful for what I have and who I am. That may have been a little off the topic of music but I am also lucky to have availble to me so many different types of music and it is all avialble because of technology. Ray Kurzweil may think that we will be connected to machines within the next 20 years but hey is that really a bad thing? I think it will only be bad if we allow it to take over our lives.

List of some of my favorite songs:
Nicest thing - Kate Nash
Change the World - Eric Clapton
Say you'll be there - spice girls
Like the sea - Alicia Keys
Desire, want and Need - Big Sean
Laughed until we cried - Jason Aldean
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Stan - Eminem
Never Grow up - Taylor Swift