Music in My Day

If you recognize the "why" of feeling like you need or want music in your life, and what brings it around, I think it will grant you the most fulfilling experience with music.

I have fully recognized that I listen to music for the release.

A release from when I hit a wall, and can't put in words how a situation in my life makes me feel. A release when I can't just sit back and listen to myself, but maybe have to hear it from someone else. A release from feeling uncreative, and thus, using a situation in my life to paint within a song that is already written (A song that is very well not about me or my situation at all, but that I can make it relate to, or even change the narrative).

I didn't realize how much music was truly present in my life until I walked through a day in it: I wake up in the morning to easy going or "chill" music. It is my alarm clock to wake me up, and is played while I'm getting ready for the day and in the car on my way to work. It energizes me and gets my mind working, when otherwise, I would be dragging my feet on the floor. Depending on how I slept, I'll sing along or really just digest the words being sung.

I'm not picky about a genre, though I usually resignate more with pop, chill, rap, and a little bit of country. But I create multiple playlists for multiple moods. Each playlist has songs on there with tempos or beats or lyrics that fit in with the emotion I'm feeling.

I've always been a listener, and as I've grown older I've gotten better at making sure that it is active and even inspires creativity in me. I've never been one to play an instrument or perform music live, although singing in the shower may feel like a personal concert, and may be a big secret I soon regret sharing.

All in all, I think music is the feelings we cannot express. It's not realistic to think that there is a song out there for every emotion that you feel, but there are definitely songs that will relate, in some way, to make you not feel so alone.