How Music Affected My Life

I remember when me and my family drove along in our family car going shopping. As we drove to the highway, I remember that the radio was always on. There were different types of music playing like pop, hip hop, classic, rock and other types of music. I remember all those good times when I was little the laughter coming from my younger siblings, the sun shining and the wind blowing though the window. I also remember the landscape and the noises of the music exiting through the window and entering the highway. Whatever song was coming on it left this happy mood inside of me. It made me notice more things and made me feel light and carefree. It made me feel like I had to make a difference in the world. It also got me kind of antsy. But then again, that's what music does. That’s what music does it

Music has always played a governing role in my development during life. My first major connection with a song occurred when I was around nine years old. A majority of my time growing up was spent with my older sister, Melissa. We would always spend weekend nights in her bedroom with a group of her friends. I can vividly recall the setup of her room: the lights dimmed to an almost perfectly relaxed ambiance; a faint smell of vanilla and cinnamon (her favorite scents) from the candles burning on the dresser; and the television loud enough to hinder any outside noise. Often, these nights would consist of binge watching T.V. shows and story-telling among my sister’s friends, who at the time were much older than me. It was during one of these nights that a commercial came on, displayed by a channel called “VH1.” A music video came on the screen; The song was “How to Save a Life” by The Fray. As the song progressed the room was filled with the seemingly instinctual singing of her friends, almost up-to-par with the rhythm and

Growing up, music has always been a passion of mine. I listened to everything and anything. I would go to jazz concerts, operas, orchestra performances, or to a rock and roll music festival. But that passion bloomed into something more as I grew older. It blossomed into wanting to learn an instrument. I got to seize that opportunity when it came time to attend middle school.

Music has been a part of my life since the beginning. My Grandma Hammond, a music teacher, had me start right off into piano when I turned 7 years old. She has been my music teacher since then. I was taught all genres of music starting from classical to what is popular now. My favorite genres to learn were Jazz and Rock music pieces. I remember when I was the age of 12, I begged her to let me learn and play the song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen for one of my music festivals. My Grandma disagreed at once about my idea because it was required of the piano students to play a classical piano piece. I was a good student and learned that festival piece, but little did she know I would also teach myself Bohemian Rhapsody and play it after my classical

Music has a big impact on my life, it is one of my favorite things in the world. My music library is so diverse, so it is hard for me to pick my favorite genre, from hip hop to rock to country. I find it all tasteful. If I had to say may favorite though it would be alternative rock, mostly because my favorite band is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their bass lines are amazing, and their music has so much heart and emotion in it, it’s something that everyone can jam along to. My least favorite would have to be screamo, an off shoot of metal. It is just too angry and you cannot understand anything the singer is saying, it isn’t something that is easy for me to appreciate. The Hobbit is my favorite book, the ore behind it keeps me interested and the way it is written is a completely different style than today’s writing. The writing style almost seems archaic but it has an elegance to it that is extremely difficult to achieve.

There are various genres that many people can relate to, but the genre that captivated my soul was R& B. Listening to this genre was different than the music I was use to which were Oldies, but in rock I found relief. Rock lets people be able to express themselves and comfort in the lyrics of a song. The artist that influence me was Bob Marley, I remember that gloomy day at the hospital in which my little sister was in critical condition due to a car accident, which jeopardized her life. As I sat waiting outside the room with my aunt I heard someone playing the song three little birds, and then I knew that things would only get

I like to listen to all different types of music, but my favorite is country, rock and an oder band called the Beatles. My mom and dad have listened to all genres of music since I was little and I’ve been listening to them every since. My mom listens to the Beatles and rock mostly. She has a first edition Beatles record that is never not playing in my house. My family and I don't like new rock that people listen to, these day’s. Instead we love to listen to what I call old school rock like offspring, nickelback, and Metallica. My dad on the other hand, he loves country! He started to listen to country when he was young. He has 6 siblings and they all listen to country still to this day. Music has such a big impact to my life because I listen to it everyday and my family and I are always singing to every song we hear or that is on are

Music is my life when I was little my dad introduced me to all types of music. We listen to hip-hop, reggae, old school, country, and jazz. We believe that as long as it has a good beat and a message that what makes that a great song.Being that my dad is from New Jersey I have this Northern flavor to my lifestyle. It is truly present in my taste in music. Many people say that I'm a little weird when they listen to the type of music I listen too.

I love to be in nature so I spend my free time running, hiking, surfing, and snorkeling in my home of South Florida. Despite my love of physical activity, I do not formally play any sports. When I am not outside, I can be found reading, writing, drawing, or listening/playing music. Currently, I listen to a lot of rap music, including Kendrick Lamar, Watsky, Drake, but I also went through phases where I was very interested in classic rock (Queen, Billy Joel), alternative/indie (Cage the Elephant, Fall Out Boy, Arctic Monkeys), jazz/40s (Nat King Cole), and even opera (Maria Callas, Mario Lanza).

My musical tastes is always constantly changing. When I was about twelve, my favorite genre was country. I would only listen to it unless I was with somebody else who controlled the radio. I knew the songs and the artist in the back of my hand at the time. When I entered in high school, my musical taste change, and I started to listen to pop music. I still like country, but I listen to more pop music also. My musical tastes continue with pop and country until my junior year of high school when I went back to only listening to country music. Country music has now started to change where it is not the same type of music I enjoyed listening to. Middle of my senior year, I started listening to K-Love (contemporary Christian), and I enjoyed it

In fourth grade I started playing Alto saxophone for my grade school band. Three years later I learned Baritone saxophone for my middle school band. In another year I joined a choir. By the end of high school I had been in six different bands, learned to play several instruments, joined two different choirs, taken multiple music theory class, and starred in more than a dozen musicals. My love for the arts started early in my life, my mother is an artist and my father is a musician and a head designer for a stationary company. The arts were alive in my household, jazz was usually played during dinners, my mom would paint a few times a week, and my dad seemed to always spend at least an hour a night fine tuning his classical guitar skills.

Everyone develops their own music preferences based on their life experiences and personality. How an individual relates to a genre of music depends on how it makes him or her feel. Childhood

My preference of music has changed over the course of my life. When I was younger I grew up listening to several genres of music including rap, rock and roll, country, R&B, and many others. This influence mostly came from my parents as I would normally be around them when listening to music. For example throughout my school years in junior high I would ride with my dad to school every morning. He would play mostly older rock music and I developed an interest in it. When I began to drive and spend more time with my friends my music interest changed. Many of them listened to rap so after a while I began listening to that genre so

I grew up listening to music everyday not knowing it would save my life in the end... the words that I would listen to would somehow connect with how I was feeling or what I was going through. Music truly soothes the soul and just somehow gives you hope to continue on or to stop something. I think I related my problems to the songs, it would give me comfort knowing I wasn't the only one who was feeling the way I once was. It showed me life was worth living and fighting for. Take Demi Lovato for instant, she was going through major depression and found herself through the music she would produce. A lot of artist are actually like this and only some really come out and tell their true story on how music saved them. It's incredible to know that no matter what you're going through someone, somewhere has gone through it too.

People say that music has the ability to heal a person mentally and spiritually. But to me, music is much more than just healing. It is a way for me to escape this world called reality and enter a world with in my imagination through the different beats, harmony, and chorus. Only when listening to music, I can truly feel all my emotions with each song having the power to make me remember, from painful to happy memories. As I grew up to be the person I am today, my music journey also grows with me. Looking back at it now, I would never want to change a single thing.