Me and My Music

As you should already know if you have read any of my previous posts, I adore music. It is around me constantly, from when I get up to when I go to bed. I eat while listening to music, I read, I walk, and I even use music to help me get to sleep. From this it is quite evident that music is the dominant medium in my life. I have an iPod, I am registered on iTunes, I have a stereo system, and I have many CDs. Music surely shapes my everyday routines.

I awake to the sound of my favourite CD. I get dressed and take a shower, all while humming my favourite tune. I then gather together my class supplies, making sure not to forget my iPod, and run to class. When class ends I return to my room where I turn up my stereo and get to work on any homework I may have. Then, it’s time for some ‘me’ time with my guitar; this is an integral part of my day. If I don’t spend time playing my own music my day feels incomplete. Then, when all is said and done and I am ready for bed, I grab my iPod once again and turn it on to listen to my favourite podcast before I go off to bed.

All in all, music pushes me to get anything done. I don’t tend to function unless I have music strummin’ away in the background. In that sense, music is the prime mediator in my life. Without music, many of my assignments would not have been accomplished and much of my sociability comes from my love of music. In fact, while I am writing this right now I am listening to music (the new Metallica CD is awesome). If it weren’t for music I wouldn’t be where I am today. It hasn’t only pushed me to do things but it can calm me as well. Bad days are always curable by the southing beats of some good old Jack Johnson.

The fact that music can be created by anything is what fascinates me. Bang on a desk and you have some percussion, stretch an elastic band and strum on it to give you some strings, and just talk to lay down the vocals. Anyone can make music, that’s what makes it so incredible and that’s why it rules my life. Actually music doesn’t just dominate and shape my life, it is my life; without it I wouldn’t function the way I do.

For that, I thank you music, keep rockin’.