Week 1a : Music DEFINES you

I don’t really listen to popular music. At least not modern music. If it is a popular band, then they're from the 60's, 70's, or 80's. I listen to a lot of alternative music. Right now, I'm into secondhand serenade (and have been for a long time, they're amazing) also My American Heart, Metro Station, Red Hot Chili Peppers (and again i have been) and of course HAWK NELSON ! I think that since I listen to a lot of different music (Christian, Country, a little Techno, a lot of alternative, a little oldies, a little bit of everything I guess.) But I think it just says that I have a huge range of interest. The type of music I listen to is much different than a lot of other people my age, and my reasons for listening to it are even more different than anyone else’s. The reason I listen to my music is not solely because I like the beat. I listen to a song and I actually listen to the words and try to understand the message. I love songs that I can actually relate to, and I just sit there and listen to the words and think “Yeah, I’ve been there.” Most of my “favorite” songs are things that I relate to, and because the author got person and put those thoughts and feelings into music makes me feel like I know the person, like we have a sort of connection because we’re both experiencing the same kind of things.

I think our music says that we are a generation that is hurting. A generation longing for something that we can’t find. We are looking for a definition as to who we are, and during this search we are hurting. No one can honestly say they have never been hurt. Music is our way to express who we are. Everyone has a different style. NO two bands EVER sound the exact same, but artists take something with them to other bands that you can hear in their sound. (Jack’s Mannequin and Something Corporate)

Years from now, people will look back and ask themselves what were they going through, and because of music, they will have a tiny insight as to what we went through growing up with broken families, broken hearts and living in a world destined to fall apart. Our generation is longing for a change. A change that we have to make. Because we are going to change the world.