So, lately i've been realizing how big of a part music plays in my life.
And by lately i mean... the past couple of years.
Music is beautiful.
There are two things about it that absolutely intrigue me that i've come to understand.
Music changes the way you feel, and the way you feel can change the music.
It's amazing the effect it has on your emotions, which, ultimately affects your actions.
I found this quote (on none other than Pinterest) and couldn't agree more with it. It says:
This is so awesome to me.
Often times i find myself listening to a song that i've listened to a lot previously, but depending on my mood,
i'll understand the music and lyrics completely different from the first, second, or third time, etc.
Second.
Music triggers memories and feelings of the past.
It's great for those who are nostalgics.
This, for me, is huge.
Not that i'm a crazy nostalgic, I just find myself extremely connected to music and the memories i've created and affiliated with a certain song.
Sometimes this is for the good, sometimes the bad.
"Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional... it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it."
Side note, I hate goodbyes.
I would avoid them at all costs, but I make myself endure them for the closure (I guess you could call it).
I hate ending things.
So lately, with my Freshman year (more like semester but to make things easier we'll say year) i've experienced this like crazy.
The songs i listened to throughout the semester are almost like a timeline.
I remember what i listened to and when, and everything that went on during that time.
I'm not really sure if it's just me that pays this much attention to the music, but I don't care.
I think it's pretty cool.
My roommate, Natalie made an end of the year Freshman video to the song Surrender by Angels and Airwaves.
Now every time I listen to it, I literally get flooded with a bunch of different awesome memories from Freshman year.
Which, is awesome and sad at the same time.
I can name a time and a place, a specific memory, with every song in my music library.
It's just crazy the wave of emotions come back to you that you once had at a certain point.
Absolutely crazy.
And just plain amazing.
I dont realize till later, when i'm really paying attention to the lyrics and meaning of the song
(AKA: usually when i'm extremely mad or unusually sad or just extremely chill),
that the music I listen to is subconsciously defining how I truly feel at the moment.
At first i feel like i like something because of the way it sounds. Well, true.
The sound interprets my emotions. Simple and beautifully complicated as that.
Then, I dont register it until later, but the lyrics are exactly, exactly what i was feeling at that moment!
Even when i didn't know it.
Pretty. Dang. Cool.
I'm inspired by music.
I spend my free time looking for new types of music, researching it, mixing it, basically anything and everything.
I just really like music, okay?
I believe that it's a huge part of our life.
It's almost a way of telling our own personal story.
Because, apparently, you are what you listen to.
All in all,
music says it better.
