My Soundtracks

Looks like I got a little ahead of myself by posting my first bi-weekly blog post before I finished the first assignment, whoops!

I love music, but I'm not a huge sharer of music which is something that I think this blog will help me with. I like to think I'm pretty versatile when it comes to music, but most of my listening is laying in bed at home so I struggle to get into techno, dubstep, metal, or most of the newer rap.

I love certain 90s rappers that talk about their challenging life and put emotion into their work and I believe the lack of that is why I struggle to enjoy most modern rap. I got a great example of what I believe is wrong with modern rap from a comedy bit I heard. The song in question was 2 Chainz's "Birthday Song". If you aren't familiar with it the lyrics go:
"They ask me what I do and who I do it for, and how I come up with this shit up in the studio"
These are a few great questions for 2 Chainz, that I'm sure all time rap greats like Tupac, Jay-Z, or Biggie would answer those questions with a tale of strife and overcoming. 2 Chainz however, decided to totally ignore the questions and instead say "All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe". That line is pretty awful, and I believe unless it is on a comedy album, it has no business being called music, so the fact that this is so popular is concerning to me.

Sorry for the tangent, back to focus. I love classic rock. I always have. I inherited my dad's old original white iPod in 5th grade and pretty much listened to what was on it. I already had a love for rock band AC/DC because their track TNT appeared in the Gamecube game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. When I discovered that there was MORE music of the same genre, I was in heaven. In middle school, I was one of the only kids that knew the band Rush, or listened to Led Zeppelin. My love of rock has only grown since then to include most all sub-genres of rock.

As I said, I'm more of a casual listener than an avid musician (I tried and failed at playing guitar in my middle school days). I still love music even though I lack the talent required to make it.

Music motivates me, inspires me, and plays constantly in my head. I'm excited to learn more music history this year in this course.