My musical library

My library of music reveals that I have a wide variety of musical taste. Country, rock, metal, pop, and worship music are all included in my musical library. I have always listened to country throughout my whole entire life. My family listened to it, so of course I did when I was young and I did not fully understand what music could mean for me. Clint black, Alan Jackson, and Sawyer Brown were the artists that I had listened to the most as a young child. Also, my grandfather (Andy Russell) was a famous singer in Mexico, so you would also find me listening to his songs like, “Besame Mucho”, even though I did not know the Spanish language.

 Growing up, what music I listened to definitely depended on my sister and cousin. They are my best friends, but they are older than me so I depended on them for my musical fix. My cousin definitely had the most influence on me and what I still listen to still today. She had always been absolutely in love with music, and showed me how to be in love with it to. I looked up to her, so of course she always had the best taste in music. In our younger days, we listened to pop music, like the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync. Then, as we got older, they both had jobs, so they would go out and buy CD’s, which I could not afford, so what they listened to, as did I. They both listened to “indie” bands, like Coldplay, Jack’s Mannequin, and Death Cab for Cutie, which I eventually learned to love and appreciate.

In high school I made new friends and listened to what they listened to. That is definitely when rock music entered my musical library. I started listening to bands like Thrice and 30 Seconds to Mars. I also influenced what music my friends listen to. They would have never listened to country music if I had not introduced it into their lives. Also, in high school, is when I took my Christian faith more seriously. My belief in Jesus Christ opened up my musical library to worship music.

Today I definitely got rid of some music that I used to listen to. I believe that everyone goes through musical phases, and your musical taste matures as you do. As my friends and I grew apart, the music they introduced me to went along with them. I think country music will always be present in my life, as will worship music and indie. I will always be in love with Jesus Christ, so I will always want to listen to the music that worships him. Country was such a huge part of my childhood that I can never let that go.  Indie music will forever be in my musical library because that is what made me fully appreciate music and what it means for me today.