Is music a career for me?

I think music is definitely going to be a key element in my future careers even if it's not directly connected to music. I think working as a roadie would be a pretty sweet gig to have. Wake up in the morning and set up a huge concert to entertain people, that's awesome. Or possibly have someone set up for my performance would be awesome as well. I always thought of a career in the movie business. And what does every great movie have? Music. So realistically, whatever career I do choose to take part in, music will be there right beside me. Let's say life happens and I don't have a career in music. That is not gonna stop me from making it. I will for sure use it as entertainment or as a hobby. The thing I look forward to the most when I get a career in music is waking up and thinking, "wow, i'm gonna go get paid to make music." Then again, my one fear about getting a career in music is that if I do it every day, i might end up not appertiating it as much and that's not a good thing. Otherwise I think a career in music would be awesome. There's nothing better than doing what you love for the rest of your life.

Thoughts on Music Technology #1

Well so far music technology has been pretty fun and I feel i am getting a lot more out of it this go around. I like the new program mixcraft. It's super easy to use and I like the way I can make my own music instead of just tinkering around with other peoples music while they get all the credit. I haven't done any mastering of tracks yet with mixcraft but I hope as user friendly as all it's other features. I don't enjoy the limited access to the program as there is only one computer with it on it and there are two students. I like the new mics we have now and I understand more about how things work. I like working with my classmates even though they are late on occasions. I still feel like I'm not one hundred percent with the mixing board but I think I'll inevitably get the hang of it as time goes on. I definitely know how to use the zoom, but I sometimes forget the little things on occasion. I like setting up the stage but only if I'm running sound. This being because I like to know exactly where I put which mic and who has each mic. If I have someone else setting up the mics or if I'm only setting up mics and not running sound things can get confusing. I think that's all i have to say about Music technology so far. Overall I think it's a fun, easy, interesting class to take and I am enjoying it.

My Least Favorite Things

I can't really think of any music I don't like anymore. I mostly just don't like certain songs. There are songs I hate and songs I just don't like. For instance, I don't like the song, "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga. It's not that I hate it and refuse to listen to it at all, I would just rather listen to other things like a City and Color song or a Limp Bizkit tune. I couldn't assume for you what I don't like and what I do like. I would just have to listen to it then I could tell you. I can't just say, "OK, I don't like this, this, this and that." I would have to listen to it first or again if i've heard it previously before I say anything against it. I say this because i'm a teenager and, as all teenagers do, I change every second of everyday. This factor changes how I feel about diffrent songs over time. I don't really use these songs in my everyday life much unless it pops on the radio on day and I realize I actually might kinda like it. If that happens then however that song makes me feel will usually help me to deal or possibly prevent that emotion from taking full control of me. There are a few artists who I don't enjoy as far as the people they are and the way they abuse the position they are in. Artists like Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and artists that just seem like terrible people and for that I don't like them. It's not that I don't like their music because some of their music isn't horrible, but I feel they are and that's why I don't like them.

My Favourite Things

My favourite genres of music can consist of heavy melodic rock to soft acoustic. My preference for music doesn't really lean on what the genre is but more of what the song is. For example, I may like a song in a certain genre like metal hardcore, but that doesn't mean I enjoy all the songs classified in that genre. This fact applies for almost every genre I like. So when people ask me what genre of music I like, my proper response should probably be, "depends on what song it is." My favourite bands that I listen to, and when I say favourite bands I mean I like most if not all of their songs, are as follows:

• Billy Talent
• Alexisonfire
• Cancer Bats
• City and Color
• Blink 182
• Limp Bizkit
• Metric
• Modest Mouse
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• The All-American Rejects
• Tool
• Wolfmother
• MGMT
• Good Charlotte
• No Bragging Rights
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Rage Against the Machine
• Sum 41
• Relient K
• Atreyu
• Protest the Hero
• The Holly Springs Disaster
• Fame
• Method
• KISS

There are probably a few more that I can't remember at the moment but those are the main ones that come to mind. There are also a ton of bands that have maybe one or two songs that I like but the rest I don't like. Those bands are not included in my list. As for the bands on the list, there are some where I don't like all their albums but maybe just one or two. So my taste of music is very spread and diverse in this way. I use this music as a way for me to block out the rest of the world sometimes, to concentrate on a specific task that might otherwise be interupted by any other sounds, when I want to convey the way I feel without actually expressing them physically or verbally, or sometimes I just like to sit and listen to music while I reminise about memories of the day or long ago.

What is music?

To me, music is a sound, that when I listen to it, I like. In general, music is classifyed as a sound mixed with rythms, tempos that makes a person feel good. Music can be very diffrent for everyone. I like music created by such artists/groups such as Queens of the Stone Age, Billy Talent, No Bragging Rights, Cancer Bats, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Alexisonfire, POD, Limp Biscuit, Blink-182 and other various artists/groups. These musicians create a kind of sound that appeals to my emotional side and my logical side because of the techinicality and the passion these artists put into their music. When I say these artists appeal to my emotional side I don't mean that they all appeal to every emotion. If say I felt like thinking about something while I was in a mood that I wasn't angry but I wasn't happy either I might listen to No Bragging Rights for their strong sturdy instrumental sound but with very melodic vocals. If maybe I was feeling kind of sad or angry, I would listen to Billy Talent because some of their stuff can be very slow and melodic but other stuff can be harsh and fast. These artists appeal to my emotions, but that may not be the case for other people. there are plenty of people out there who might just say, "It's just stupid emo screamo stuff." This is just an opinion. It is only a true to the person who says it and cannot be frowned upon.