This is my first post in here so it may a little in-depth. But I feel this is a good place to share my musical experiences over the years. :) I'll try to keep it brief.
When I was a young kid, I was exposed to a lot of rock. My dad, being a rocker and a former rock-songwriter, blasted that shit as I grew up (I don't use the term "shit" negatively.) My older brother himself got into punk rock, Blink-182 and such. So before I had the opportunity to formulate my own taste, that's where my ears rested.
Fast forward a couple years to when I was just becoming a teenager, it was around this time that something happened. Firstly, my brother introduced to me to screamo music. And I loved it because I was going through my dark years. But the other thing was that I was introduced to was the internet. I discovered new types of music (amongst other things), and this is actually around the time I discovered Stickpage. While I was feeling more open to new musical tastes, screamo did cover the majority of what I listened to. I went to a lot of concerts, got thrown into a bunch of mosh-pits, bled a little, and had fun.
Now over time I started opening up more to new music. I had a little classic rock phase there, I started noticing rap. EDM became huge. A lot was happening. But it wasn't until the middle of last year that something hit me. My dark years are way behind me now. My life is filled with a lot more positivity and I enjoy basking in it. There's something about screamo that feels like it's just trying to bring the anger out of you, not to mention that listening to it reminds me of my dark days. For me now, there's not really any anger to bring out. In fact, on the tail end of my screamo days, I fell back in love with punk music. Particularly what's called pop-punk now.
It was also around last year that I had realized I had gotten into a type of music I thought I never would, Country. Now maybe it's just the Texas in me, I've lived hear 13 years now after all. But it's not the just the feel-good music I enjoy. There's a culture behind it that can be great if you're looking in the right place. I'm not talking racist hick-country bullshit, I'm talking sitting by an open fire at night with a beer cracked open and laughing with friends. That shit is some of the best time of my life.
But my fascination into Country led me somewhere else. Folk. Right now, I fucking love Folk music. I love Folk music and I love indie music. That's where my enjoyment lies. Why? Because that music makes you feel good, and that's the kind of place I'm in now. Driving down a highway with friends on a roadtrip, blasting some feel-good indie pop to brighten up the sun in the sky, makes memories.
Didn't mean to tie in a life story with this, but music just means a lot to me.
