Personal Narrative: Music Appreciation
Kory Wisdom
February 15, 2012
Music Appreciation Music is an essential part of my life. It affects me in many ways, not just emotionally, but physically as well. I have been listening to music for almost my whole life, but the type of music I have listened to has changed throughout my life. I have been influenced by many people as to the type of music I have and currently listen to. To start off, I have listened to numerous types of music throughout my life. I started off listening to hip-hop and rap music. I believe that my sister influenced this. This is because I listened to music in the car whenever I rode with her and I never got to choose the station. She listened to the radio station Hot 104.1, which is current hip-hop and rap. …show more content…
I didn’t really care what other people thought and was going to have people like me for who I am, not who I should be. This is when I started to listen to a lot more country music. My parents have always listened to country and I believe this made us a lot closer. We would listen to country in the car whenever I would ride with them and found a passion for it. Listening to this would help us not worry about everything that was going on in the world and just give us a break. After high school when I moved out and am on my own. I started to listen to all different types of music. I became a lot more open. The kid I hung out with the most listened to rap music only. Artists like Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Drake and so on. I love to drive around and listen to music and just sing along and be myself. A lot of the songs I would listen to would be songs that I knew all the words too. It made me feel a lot happier and just release stress. One of my all time favorite songs is “Ants Marching by the Dave Matthews Band. This song is about how people get so caught up in just going through the motions and letting life pass you by. One way this song touched me is by knowing that I should cherish every moment I have while the people closest to me are alive. One song that really has touched me and I can really relate to is “Small Town Southern Man” by Alan Jackson. The main reason is
February 15, 2012
Music Appreciation Music is an essential part of my life. It affects me in many ways, not just emotionally, but physically as well. I have been listening to music for almost my whole life, but the type of music I have listened to has changed throughout my life. I have been influenced by many people as to the type of music I have and currently listen to. To start off, I have listened to numerous types of music throughout my life. I started off listening to hip-hop and rap music. I believe that my sister influenced this. This is because I listened to music in the car whenever I rode with her and I never got to choose the station. She listened to the radio station Hot 104.1, which is current hip-hop and rap. …show more content…
I didn’t really care what other people thought and was going to have people like me for who I am, not who I should be. This is when I started to listen to a lot more country music. My parents have always listened to country and I believe this made us a lot closer. We would listen to country in the car whenever I would ride with them and found a passion for it. Listening to this would help us not worry about everything that was going on in the world and just give us a break. After high school when I moved out and am on my own. I started to listen to all different types of music. I became a lot more open. The kid I hung out with the most listened to rap music only. Artists like Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Drake and so on. I love to drive around and listen to music and just sing along and be myself. A lot of the songs I would listen to would be songs that I knew all the words too. It made me feel a lot happier and just release stress. One of my all time favorite songs is “Ants Marching by the Dave Matthews Band. This song is about how people get so caught up in just going through the motions and letting life pass you by. One way this song touched me is by knowing that I should cherish every moment I have while the people closest to me are alive. One song that really has touched me and I can really relate to is “Small Town Southern Man” by Alan Jackson. The main reason is