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				<h1>musically emma</h1>
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					music is a love language of mine, through life i've gone through many eras of music i've loved, all of them with a story, a reason, or a person behind them. music tells just as much a story of my life as i could tell my own story. so let's go through it together, okay?
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				<h3>childhood music interests</h3>
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					does your child listen to The Police? if your child told you they love the song from them called Walking On The Moon <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmJce02JHWM" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, what would you think? this was childhood emma. she was drawn to music that was well before her time, probably because it is what family members or parents always had on the radio. some things we hold onto forever, and i'll be damned if the drumming style of Stewart Copeland isn't something to fall in love with in itself. other odd childhood intrests include Rod Stewart (mom was a big fan) assorted classic rock that i was to young to understand was just talking about sex in every song. to be honest i don'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's an era of boy bands, one girl divas, just so much that defined my generation that i have no connection to. i don't regret this though, music is so wide and there is so much to explore, and as i grew i would certainly do this
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				<h3>those teenage years</h3>
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					we gotta talk about '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're safe when you listen to your music.
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					i'd explore much of what we'd call dad rock today. The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Cream, The Moody Blues. during this time i'd discover a song that would always hold a special place in my heart, and still does today. Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JqPxmYhlo" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a> was love at first listen. i do not know what i love so much about this song, it is just pure joy and safety that i feel when i listen to it. i think the lyrics say it all really, it is just about a good time. what more could one ask for?
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				<h3>adulthood and present</h3>
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					i would quickly shed myself of my "born in the wrong generation" self when i entered my early 20s. i had met someone online playing video games. she was from poland and we enjoyed similar games. one day we just started talking outside of games. we started talking about music, and she just had so much to share. i was awestruck by the music she would show me. i'd find my love of shoegaze from her. of indie rock bands like Metric . there's more to this story then music, but we were realistic. we were both in school and separated by many time zones that made keeping in touch difficult as we got busier with school. i'd hold onto her love of music so deeply though. i got a spotify subsciption when spotify was what i'd still consider a decent app. related artists pages led me to indie gems like Built To Spill <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15hUcHR7koo" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, and Pavement. I'd fall in love with the oddities of bands like Galaxie 500 and Smoking Popes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTmjvsCyqJg" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>. one day, i remember i was listening to Built to Spill, and i looked at their related artists page. in this page i found a band called The Thermals. I played the top song "No Culture Icons" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u9QcbXf-ls" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a> this was it, for 2 minutes and 22 seconds i was in love with everything i heard. they were speaking my language and i wanted more. i went through every album, finding favorites through all of them. over time as i began to understand myself more, i found softer sides of music i would love. this would include music from Hop Along <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuWdggpr3Os" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, Alvvays <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGRhaFx1Zpw" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, Courtney Barnett <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTZTeuH7oHg" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, and many others i so desperately wished i had noted. spotify like a lot of subsciption apps had an expiration date, and i would move on to collecting CDs and digital media that i would keep on my computer to listen to offline, but my love of music is always alive like a warm fire
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				<h3>playing music</h3>

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					in my teenage years i would become interested in playing guitar. i was rather obsessed with the electric guitar of music i was hearing at the time and wanted a guitar of my own. nobody tells you that you are horrible at guitar, for like a long time. i think it took me around a year of consistent practice to get both my hands to cooperate. over the years i'd keep playing. when i got into my 20s and started working more i would buy a new guitar. i'd also begin exploring recording my music and the cool sounds that guitar effects pedals could produce. i'd explore fun sounds like the shoegaze albums i was listening to by pouring reverb all over my guitar signal, and adding a fair amount of delay. then i'd revisit sounds i was loving from indie rock bands by using a simple fuzz pedal, the guitar, and the amp. it was a lot of fun overall. if you asked me why i quit, i'd tell you it was because i was no longer pushing myself to get better or learn new things. the honest reason though i think is that much like <a href="./photography.php" target="_blank">photography</a> i was still undiagnosed with ADHD at the time, and after years of obsession, just dropped the interest with no goal of continuing or revisiting it. recently though, i'm hoping that will change. i picked up my acoustic guitar again, and i'd like to begin practicing more with the hopes of learning how to play again
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			`music is a love language of mine, through life i've gone through many eras of music i've loved, all of them with a story, a reason, or a person behind them. music tells just as much a story of my life as i could tell my own story. so let's go through it together, okay?`
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update music.php with more info about songs and playing guitar 2024-12-18 10:11:18 +00:00			does your child listen to The Police? if your child told you they love the song from them called Walking On The Moon <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmJce02JHWM" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, what would you think? this was childhood emma. she was drawn to music that was well before her time, probably because it is what family members or parents always had on the radio. some things we hold onto forever, and i'll be damned if the drumming style of Stewart Copeland isn't something to fall in love with in itself. other odd childhood intrests include Rod Stewart (mom was a big fan) assorted classic rock that i was to young to understand was just talking about sex in every song. to be honest i don'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's an era of boy bands, one girl divas, just so much that defined my generation that i have no connection to. i don't regret this though, music is so wide and there is so much to explore, and as i grew i would certainly do this
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			`<h3>those teenage years</h3>`
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			`we gotta talk about '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're safe when you listen to your music.`
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update music.php with more info about songs and playing guitar 2024-12-18 10:11:18 +00:00			i'd explore much of what we'd call dad rock today. The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Cream, The Moody Blues. during this time i'd discover a song that would always hold a special place in my heart, and still does today. Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JqPxmYhlo" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a> was love at first listen. i do not know what i love so much about this song, it is just pure joy and safety that i feel when i listen to it. i think the lyrics say it all really, it is just about a good time. what more could one ask for?
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update music.php with more info about songs and playing guitar 2024-12-18 10:11:18 +00:00			i would quickly shed myself of my "born in the wrong generation" self when i entered my early 20s. i had met someone online playing video games. she was from poland and we enjoyed similar games. one day we just started talking outside of games. we started talking about music, and she just had so much to share. i was awestruck by the music she would show me. i'd find my love of shoegaze from her. of indie rock bands like Metric . there's more to this story then music, but we were realistic. we were both in school and separated by many time zones that made keeping in touch difficult as we got busier with school. i'd hold onto her love of music so deeply though. i got a spotify subsciption when spotify was what i'd still consider a decent app. related artists pages led me to indie gems like Built To Spill <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15hUcHR7koo" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, and Pavement. I'd fall in love with the oddities of bands like Galaxie 500 and Smoking Popes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTmjvsCyqJg" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>. one day, i remember i was listening to Built to Spill, and i looked at their related artists page. in this page i found a band called The Thermals. I played the top song "No Culture Icons" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u9QcbXf-ls" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a> this was it, for 2 minutes and 22 seconds i was in love with everything i heard. they were speaking my language and i wanted more. i went through every album, finding favorites through all of them. over time as i began to understand myself more, i found softer sides of music i would love. this would include music from Hop Along <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuWdggpr3Os" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, Alvvays <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGRhaFx1Zpw" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, Courtney Barnett <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTZTeuH7oHg" target="_blank">(listen on youtube)</a>, and many others i so desperately wished i had noted. spotify like a lot of subsciption apps had an expiration date, and i would move on to collecting CDs and digital media that i would keep on my computer to listen to offline, but my love of music is always alive like a warm fire
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			`<h3>playing music</h3>`

			`<p>`
			in my teenage years i would become interested in playing guitar. i was rather obsessed with the electric guitar of music i was hearing at the time and wanted a guitar of my own. nobody tells you that you are horrible at guitar, for like a long time. i think it took me around a year of consistent practice to get both my hands to cooperate. over the years i'd keep playing. when i got into my 20s and started working more i would buy a new guitar. i'd also begin exploring recording my music and the cool sounds that guitar effects pedals could produce. i'd explore fun sounds like the shoegaze albums i was listening to by pouring reverb all over my guitar signal, and adding a fair amount of delay. then i'd revisit sounds i was loving from indie rock bands by using a simple fuzz pedal, the guitar, and the amp. it was a lot of fun overall. if you asked me why i quit, i'd tell you it was because i was no longer pushing myself to get better or learn new things. the honest reason though i think is that much like <a href="./photography.php" target="_blank">photography</a> i was still undiagnosed with ADHD at the time, and after years of obsession, just dropped the interest with no goal of continuing or revisiting it. recently though, i'm hoping that will change. i picked up my acoustic guitar again, and i'd like to begin practicing more with the hopes of learning how to play again
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