How music has influenced me

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Megan Poth

I’ve been listening to music for a very long time. I would consider myself a music aficionado, I guess? But that makes me sound a bit pretentious, so let’s just go with a fan of music. There are a bunch of different types of music that I enjoy, but I would say primarily that I enjoy alternative music more than any other type.

Everything pretty much sounds good to me but there still are several different genres of music that I prefer to others. One of the genres that I prefer is alternative music. Specifically I like pop rock, pop punk, and post-hardcore. Honestly, that must sound extremely confusing to anyone who doesn’t listen to the same kind of music I do, but whatever.

I think being interested in music has helped me a lot. Not only through personal things, but music has also helped me make friends. It’s something to bond over, and if you end up going to a concert, there’s already one thing you have in common with the stranger standing next to you.

I’ve met some of my best friends through the bands and the music that I like to listen to, which all that I could have wished for. There isn’t much else that I enjoy that I would go out of my way to try and understand what others like. But with music, there’s a difference between not liking certain types of music, and being open minded when it comes to certain genres.

For example, one genre that I don’t listen to at all is country, but a lot of people that I know really enjoy country music, so I’ll try to listen to it, and see what they like so much about it. And who knows? I might end up finding my new favorite artist.

Recently I’ve been listening to: Lady Gaga’s new album Joanne. Ever since she played the Superbowl, I’ve been extremely interested in her album. I’ve listened to it before, and I was really interested when it first came out, but recently I’ve just been listening to it a lot more. Two songs that I really like off of that album are Million Reasons and Grigio Girls.

Posted in Influences | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Songs to fight zombies to

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Megan Poth

It’s funny how certain songs can make you feel a certain way. Being motivated by music is something that happens very often. There are definitely some songs that I listen to and I immediately want to do something like fight zombies (Radioactive by Imagine Dragons anyone?) or you know, normal people things like working out.

Listening to music while doing certain activities can inspire many people to work harder and be more motivated. When I get motivated by songs, it’s usually something that can easily get me energized.

When I listen to rock and heavy metal, those songs tend to get me excited, and make it easier to do things that I may need a lot of energy for. I tend to listen to acoustic songs or classical music when I’m trying to sleep.

When you listen to music to try and assist you in doing a certain activity, it’s because it stimulates your brain to tune everything else out but the music and what you’re trying to do. Michael Phelps likes to listen to music whenever he works out because he focuses on his workout more rather than getting distracted by others.

An update on my blog as well:
Once a week I plan on uploading a post with a playlist, and then on the other day that I post, I plan on putting in the songs that I’ve been listening to lately. That way each post, you can get a taste of the type of music that I like.

Here is a playlist that I’ve created that I like to workout to or fight zombies to, you know, whichever you prefer.

 

 

Posted in Motivation | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Let’s get this thing rolling…

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Megan Poth

Hi! I’m Megan, and if you’re reading this, you’re on my blog. What? Amazing. Who would have thought? I’m going to talk about music and how it affects society and whatnot. I’ve been a huge fan of different types of music since I was a lot younger than I am right now. I’m kind of annoying and obnoxious so please just bear with me here.

I plan on putting playlists in posts at least once a week. They’ll probably consist of 8-10 songs that I feel go with the post. I plan on embedding the playlist with Spotify, so you can listen straight from the browser. I also have other social media that’s music related in my “Social Media” tab. Creative name I know.

I may or may not also put what artists and bands that I’ve been listening to lately, and songs that I recommend from them. I haven’t 100% decided yet, but well, we’ll see what happens. Right now, I guess I’ll put some because you know? Why not?

Right now I’m listening to: Relient K and The Maine. Both are rock bands, but they’re still very easy and fun to listen to. I normally enjoy listening to them while walking to class or driving. I would recommend the American Candy album by The Maine. I’ve been listening to the songs English Girls and Am I Pretty? a lot lately. From Relient K, I’ve been listening to pretty much their entire discography, but two songs I’ve been listening to a lot has been Bummin’ and Savannah.

Posted in Personal | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment