Musical Taste

My musical taste is pretty much like a typical tongue. I can tolerate everything.but i still have preferences and choose not to listen to some genres. You'll find my taste as quite surprising though.

I basically grew up listening to rock. I regret nothing. I love rock music. Alternative, punk, metal, ska. any kind actually. As I grow older, I start making friends, and those friends happen to be into something else apart from rock. From my country, you seldom see girls liking rock music. People here are very judgemental about girls who like rock. it's like, "When you like rock music, You must be a dude." like, WTF?

So i started to listen to some pop music. It was kind of hard to adjust to it at first. it seemed very unusual to me. Lyrics become more shallow. It's like listening without actually understanding.

I don't get how people love these kinds of music at first. I mean, they all lead to something. Your partner cheats on you and you take revenge by writing a song about that person. Or how awesome the party was last night so I wanna party again. Something like that. I didn't really get the concept of love songs. I mean, yeah rock music has love songs too. But some are just, sorry for the lack of vocabulary, stupid. I may be paraphrasing some lyrics but generally, these lyrics are like, "I can't believe you would leave me. How could you leave me? I'm perfect." or something like, "you are evrerything to me. don't ever leave me again. I love you". Well maybe a broken heart is one way to reach that musical stardom. I get it. All I want to know, is how are they better that any songs?

I'm loosing my point here. Musical taste. I liked songs by mainstream bands. Like, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Boys Like Girls etc. I love some actually. But what struck me most is underground music. Especially Coheed and Cambria. They are my heroes. well, not really. Brandon Boyd is, and his from Incubus. But my point is, I love them! I love progressive rock. The transition between bits of he song makes it perfect. From subtle to hardcore. It's like killing you softly.

Then comes the biggest plot twist of all! I started to like MAINSTREAM POP MUSIC! I was like, ehh, not bad. But then Maroon 5 came to the picture! Then... get ready... ONE DIRECTION. OK.for those who wants to stop reading, it's fine. But if you keep on reading, you might understand.

I was completely fine with my music preference when 5 idiots showed up and basically stole my heart. It may sound funny but... I like One Direction as people. Not as musicians. Yes, they have good music. But nothing beats the adrenaline I get from listening to Megalomaniac or Welcome Home. I mean. You can't compare Brandon Boyd's poetic abilities from Niall Horan's mainstream lyrics. Brandon blows my mind. He's my inspiration. 

If i was to choose between One Direction and Incubus, I would definitely pick Incubus. They're the reason I loved music in the first place. They made me into this. I may have a fucked up musical taste. But i have one Philosophy that would probably be against music itself but... "It's the lyrics that makes the song."

How It All Started

I am not from a family of musicians. In fact, my parents haven't played a note their whole life. So how did I develop the passion for music? It's basically because of my sister. She introduced me to a lot of bands. At a young age, nine to be exact, my sister had me listening to Incubus and Green Day. Then I started to get amazed by how they made music.

My sister brought home a guitar which she borrowed from a friend. She taught me how to play. A major was the first chord I've ever played. It felt awesome.

As I grew up. I started to learn how to play instruments myself. i started to learn how to play the Piano and the Guitar. Years and years have I been searching for the right instrument to play. Then I turned 14. I joined a band. I had no experience at playing the drums but I joined as the drummer anyway. My brother played the drums. so did my sister. I asked them both to teach me how to play the drums. They didn't. They said something like, it's difficult to teach or something. So i tried learning myself. And I did. I learned how to play the drums. It felt good! I don't know why but when I played the drums  I feel very powerful! Like all the stress I have gets tapped off when i bang the drums. I felt Infinite.

I loved playing the drums. I'm not as good as other people. What do you expect from a 14-year-old girl who  can't read music, taught herself to play and had no drums to play in the first place? But it didn't stop me. I did air-drumming! I rented music rehearsal studios along with my band mates. All I wanted to do, was to make music. Listen, interpret and recreate. I just think of music as weed to my ears. Every time I listen to good music, It feels like I'm on top of the world and just imagine life having no end. Just life as it is.