This is my first blog so lets see how it goes! To me, music is a beautiful art that many have created and taken to the extreme giving many people great emotion. It has been around throughout multiple centuries and even millenniums! Music has brought people together from all across the world to even see one musician perform! I love going to concerts to see bands play and I have to say, they really know how to bring a crowd together. People of all different races, backgrounds, social statuses will come to see their favorite bands around to see a concert. Music is very much an entire lifestyle for many people! It's just as if the music connects to the listeners and really gives them a sense of joy or happiness. Music can cause people to have many different emotions from depressed to being ecstatic, it all just depends on what style of music that person is listening to. This art has really made itself a huge part in our global society. Ever since music was invented way back when, it has shaped cultures and backgrounds throughout the world!
Music is a very personal ordeal to my family and me. My dad's father used to be a professional saxophone player back in the 50's to early 70's, bringing his style of jazz all around the United States. From what my grandmother tells me, he could really please a crowd! I've heard dozens of stories of how he could create a great mood at his venue and how much of a blast he had doing it. My father, growing up as a kid, was always playing his drums. Going around the United States with his dad many times, he saw many famous musicians that showed him a new style of playing the drums. This influence he received as a child still comes out when he plays the drums now a days! He loves to play to many jazz grooves, rock beats, and songs from his favorite band... The Dave Matthews Band. My dad almost went professional on the drums, but tragedy struck and his father passed away. He then had to go work, leaving him with less time to play on the drums. But still to this day, he still keeps plugging away on the drums getting better and better at every performance. Later on, I will begin to express how both my grandfather and father's music lives helped influence me, in what would become the start of my musical career! Music brings everyone together and creates a common good in our society!
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-Chase Morell
There's not much like flying 60+ Mph down the intercostal, flying over huge waves while listening to your favorite tunes! To me, music becomes more appealing at times when your'e not listening to it on your iPod, but on a stereo for say. When I listen to older tunes and Rock & Roll for example, I get a sense of power or that I am actually there with the musicians. The tunes just flow through me and make the music come to life. I definitely know that there are some people out there that go absolutely crazy if one of their favorite songs comes on the radio. You can see people dancing to the song, play the air guitar, pretend they're the singer, and even be a drummer for the band! Music affects people in ways, shapes, and forms that we just may never truly understand.
