Week 9

In my experience with music it takes all kinds of reasons for a person to like music the same for hating it. My mom hates any kind of swear words and most loud music. So to say that its hard to find music we agree on is an understatement, Mumford and Sons and Ed Sheeran are who we both like. So if there's a band that I know she wont like I guess I protect her from my music like I would a small child who shouldn't know what  the F word is yet.

But with my love for bands who scream rather than sing softly. It wasn't just her who looked at my music with disgust. Mostly people who listen to pop look at me like I have a two heads. Personally I couldn't care less but it used to bother me that I had to be crazy not to like pop or country music because those are the only "good" music in existence, naturally I got over it and then eventually made people uncomfortable because of it because why not have fun with peoples stereotypes. I mostly think that people need to get over themselves, sure you don't like it fine an I reserve the right to not like other kinds of music, just not to judge people by their music. There actions can do that just fine in my opinion.

Music is something that I've always been around beginning with my parents influances and then gragualy making my own deciacies as we all do. My mom listens to mostly Christian and classical while  my dad listens to 80's rock. When I was younger this was what I love to too, until I discovered the radio. After a few misguided years of pop and country music I finally found that my genres are typically but not limited to Alternative and folk. I've gone to Warped Tour in Portland for the last 4 years and plan to go again this summer. Basically its an all day concert that lasts about 10 hours and has about 4 to 5 stages playing at once with 7 all together. The bands range from famous to up and coming and locals. When my sister used to go years ago and she saw Paramour and Lincoln Park. In my 4 years I've seen  multitude of bands a few being A Day To Remember, The Mighty Mongo, Mayday Parade (twice and my favorite), Falling in Revise (another favorite) and a Band who had very weird music, a guy in a mouse costume covered in blood wielding a chainsaw. So there are defiantly some interesting things that go in but I love the atmosphere. Even with the moshing people are very friendly and the whole thing is just a relaxing day with people who love music, very different than some of the other concerts I've been to. My favorite band and of their songs are as listed: Mayday Parade- Jamie all over, Ed Sheeran- Give me love ( amazing in concert and hopefully again this summer), Falling in Reverse- Raised by Wolves, ZZ Ward- Move Like You Stole it, SafetySuit- Annie (only the first album though).