http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAe3sCIakXo
I was in elementary school, it was winter during either 3rd
or 4th grade, I cannot remember.
And Christmas my parents got me two CD’s on was “August and Everything
After” by the Counting Crows and “Room for Squares” by John Mayer. I listened to both of these albums constantly
and loved each one equally but for different reasons. When I first got the albums I wasn't very
excited about either one. At the time I didn't know much about music, I only listened to the radio occasionally. But after I got those albums I started
listening to them all the time, I learned the names and knew all the words to all
the songs. Before those albums I hadn't bothered
to learn the name of any song I heard, but there was something about having
your own albums that made them special. John
Mayer’s voice was smooth and catchy, paired with an up tempo rhythm, an
acoustic guitar and good lyrics, resulting in music that could be listened to in
just about any frame of mind. On the
other hand the Counting Crows had a much more raspy, raw and unrefined sound to
them but the songs were sang with such emotion and passion, not to mention they
had great lyrics. But the reason I fell
in love with music was not any of these specifics about the style of the artists
but the ability to express how I felt. Music
is a great communicator, maybe not in a conversational sense, because it can
fully encompass a feeling, idea or state of mind better than most things. Also, if you are felling a certain way in a
certain situation there is likely a song where someone was feeling the same way
and that is the beauty of music.
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