The past holds memories on which many individuals love to sit back and recall, for nostalgia’s sake. Music is one of the best methods to retrieve memories that we may have once lost. Although it may only be based on the sense of hearing, music allows one to accompany the sound with the other sense to allow us to remember what one had felt or seen in particular moments. This is a powerful impact through music in which it lets humans almost seemingly go back in time.
I’ve had a long journey with music, as I had explored nearly all genres in search of what I had favored. As a child, my mother had been a piano instructor for a part-time job, so I had grown up listening to many ballads and waltz type music. Classic music had also been frequented around the house. I didn’t really object to it, I suppose I didn’t mind. It’d be a lie to say I haven’t been influenced by friends at all, because there were moments in my life in which friends had impacted me in extreme ways. As I entered junior high school, many students laughed at the fact that I listened to classic music and not rock or alternative. Like any other child put into that situation, I began quickly researching for preferable music in genres that my friends liked. So for several years, I had dropped interest in classic music so that I could fit in with my groups. Although not healthy, it was absolutely normal to want to be accepted in school with friends.
I’ve had a long journey with music, as I had explored nearly all genres in search of what I had favored. As a child, my mother had been a piano instructor for a part-time job, so I had grown up listening to many ballads and waltz type music. Classic music had also been frequented around the house. I didn’t really object to it, I suppose I didn’t mind. It’d be a lie to say I haven’t been influenced by friends at all, because there were moments in my life in which friends had impacted me in extreme ways. As I entered junior high school, many students laughed at the fact that I listened to classic music and not rock or alternative. Like any other child put into that situation, I began quickly researching for preferable music in genres that my friends liked. So for several years, I had dropped interest in classic music so that I could fit in with my groups. Although not healthy, it was absolutely normal to want to be accepted in school with friends.
Another particular example I can remember is in my sophomore year of high school: a friend of mine from junior high school expressed interest in a genre called eurodance, which consists of mainly a mix of house, techno, dance, and trance type genres. Initially, I thought nothing of it at first, but I soon came to appreciate it and even thought of it once as my favorite type of music. As a member of online gaming communities growing up, I found many other individuals had also liked this type of music. It was easy to network and find many other individuals who showed appreciation for this genre of music.
During these times, I had taken many looks at other genres, just to scope out if I had been missing out on anything. Country, alternative, R&B, hip-hop, rap, rock, metal, all of these I didn’t share a particular interest in; they just didn’t appeal to me as interesting forms of music. I never took an appeal to music with lyrics, the sound of the beats were all that I needed. With this realization in mind, I continued to share an interest in the more modern forms of techno, electronica, trance, dance, and house type of genres.
I thought I had finally settled with that particular genre, but then as I continued to scout out for more and more music, I came across many individuals who had posted videos of themselves playing short bits of music found in games on the piano. Knowing that I had played a bit of the piano as a child, this sparked a bit of interest so I began looking into it more and more… and soon I realized I was constantly searching for music found in games and thinking of ways as to how I could play them on the piano.
This concluded my search for my own favorite genre of music; I had found that I loved music particularly found in games and movies, original soundtracks. What made it all the more better was the ability to play these songs with consistent practice. Knowing I had the ability to play songs that I listened to was one of the greatest achievements of my life, even though I admit that I am far from a professional level. Aside from providing me with a new hobby and a realization of my newest favorite genre, this interest allowed me to be more insightful of the music around me, as I am now constantly listening for things to play. Being able to bring music into the world with your own hands is definitely a feeling that everyone should enjoy at some point in their life, and it all begins with finding what an individual likes most for themselves, not following what their friends like.
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