Blog 5 - Importance of Music

Music. No matter what kind of music you put on, I will know the lyrics and sing them loud and proud within a minute. It doesn't matter what type of music; any music is beautiful in its own way. Music is my favorite outlet, and you can be sure that there is a song about any situation that life deals you with. If you are heartbroken, happy, mad, or sad, you can easily find a song that will most likely describe your mood to a tee. Not only is the music good to listen to, but you also have a way to vent and heal from your problems at the same time. I often find myself liking a song so much because it describes the situations I am in. I like to feel like different artists can relate to me and things that go on in my life.
My favorite types of music are pop, techno, and rap. Kind of crazy, you might say, to have three favorites that are so widely opposite from each other, but in all reality these types of genres always get me in a good mood. To me, music is not just "something," it is everything. I listen to music from when I wake up in the morning all the way until I am falling asleep at night. Music can be many things, including very calming. No matter what I am listening to, I am, without a doubt, humming shamelessly the words that have such thought and passion inside every word, each word sewed together to make a line, and each line is weaved into the song. I truly admire artists who write their own music, which is becoming more and more rare as of recently. I feel like when an artist sings a song that has been written by someone else, it is kind of like a lie to sing it and pretend it is your own. Those are the artists that I can’t relate to; I relate more to the songwriters that put together these pieces, but get no credit for writing all of the beauty in the song.
All I really know is that music, to me, has never been considered "noise." Music is an important way to express yourself at any time of any day, and it is safe to say I would be bored out of my mind if I didn't listen to it all the time. No matter what I am doing, ninety percent of the time, my iPod touch is sitting right next to me on shuffle. Without music, the world would be bland and misunderstood. How else can people really and truly show us what they are feeling? You can write a poem or a story, but where is the beat? Where is the acoustic background that makes you bounce in your seat and sway your hips? Music is part of my daily routine, and I am pretty sure that I am unwilling to take it away, because taking away music would be taking away a part of myself.