musicisalovelanguageofmine,throughlifei've gone through many eras of music i'veloved,allofthemwithastory,areason,orapersonbehindthem.musictellsjustasmuchastoryofmylifeasicouldtellmyownstory.solet'sgothroughittogether,okay?
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<h3>childhoodmusicinterests</h3>
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doesyourchildlistentoThePolice?ifyourchildtoldyoutheylovethesongfromthemcalledWalkingOnTheMoon,whatwouldyouthink?thiswaschildhoodemma.shewasdrawntomusicthatwaswellbeforehertime,probablybecauseitiswhatfamilymembersorparentsalwayshadontheradio.somethingsweholdontoforever,andi'll be damned if the drumming style of Stewart Copeland isn'tsomethingtofallinlovewithinitself.otheroddchildhoodintrestsincludeRodStewart(momwasabigfan)assortedclassicrockthatiwastoyoungtounderstandwasjusttalkingaboutsexineverysong.tobehonestidon't think i had much interest in the music of my childhood at the time. i grew up in a fun part of the mid to late 90s and 00s. there'saneraofboybands,onegirldivas,justsomuchthatdefinedmygenerationthatihavenoconnectionto.idon'tregretthisthough,musicissowideandthereissomuchtoexplore,andasigrewiwouldcertainlydothis
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<h3>thoseteenageyears</h3>
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wegottatalkabout'em. you either hate the music you listened to as a teenager, feel nostalgic for it, or maybe you still listen to it today. for myself, this was a deep dive of classic rock and psychedelic music, no drugs though. teenage me thought to need drugs was to take away from the experience of music, look i was a square okay? do what you want as long as you'resafewhenyoulistentoyourmusic.
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i'd explore much of what we'dcalldadrocktoday.TheWho,LedZeppelin,PinkFloyd,Cream,TheMoodyBlues.duringthistimei'ddiscoverasongthatwouldalwaysholdaspecialplaceinmyheart,andstilldoestoday.DancingintheMoonlightbyKingHarvestwasloveatfirstlisten.idonotknowwhatilovesomuchaboutthissong,itisjustpurejoyandsafetythatifeelwhenilistentoit.ithinkthelyricssayitallreally,itisjustaboutagoodtime.whatmorecouldoneaskfor?
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<h3>adulthoodandpresent</h3>
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iwouldquicklyshedmyselfofmy"born in the wrong generation"selfwhenienteredmyearly20s.ihadmetsomeoneonlineplayingvideogames.shewasfrompolandandweenjoyedsimilargames.onedaywejuststartedtalkingoutsideofgames.westartedtalkingaboutmusic,andshejusthadsomuchtoshare.iwasawestruckbythemusicshewouldshowme.i'd find my love of shoegaze from her. of indie rock bands like Metric. there'smoretothisstorythenmusic,butwewererealistic.wewerebothinschoolandseparatedbymanytimezonesthatmadekeepingintouchdifficultaswegotbusierwithschool.i'd hold onto her love of music so deeply though. i got a spotify subsciption when spotify was what i'dstillconsideradecentapp.relatedartistspagesledmetoindiegemslikeBuiltToSpill,andPavement.I'dfallinlovewiththeodditiesofbandslikeGalaxie500andSmokingPopes.oneday,irememberiwaslisteningtoBuilttoSpill,andilookedattheirrelatedartistspage.inthispageifoundabandcalledTheThermals.Iplayedthetopsong"No Culture Icons"thiswasit,for2minutesand22secondsiwasinlovewitheverythingiheard.theywerespeakingmylanguageandiwantedmore.iwentthrougheveryalbum,findingfavoritesthroughallofthem.overtimeasibegantounderstandmyselfmore,ifoundsoftersidesofmusiciwouldlove.thiswouldincludemusicfromHopAlong,Alvvays,CourtneyBarnett,andmanyothersisodesperatelywishedihadnoted.spotifylikealotofsubsciptionappshadanexpirationdate,andiwouldmoveontocollectingCDsanddigitalmediathatiwouldkeeponmycomputertolistentooffline,butmyloveofmusicisalwaysalivelikeawarmfire