Music

I love music. I listen to it constantly. I am listening to
it right now and I almost always do my schoolwork while listening to music.
Except when I do math. I am not able to do arithmetic while music is playing. I
believe the reason is because I need another level of focus when
adding/subtracting and applying formulas. But, throughout high school and now
into college whenever I have to write a paper the first thing I do is turn on
music. Today, I use Pandora. Pandora is such an excellent website. It allows
the user to type in their favorite artists, songs, or types of music and they
in turn come up with a playlist of that artist or genre and other
artists/genres which are similar. I hardly ever skip songs because even when I
find something new it is so similar to the type of music I like that I more
often than not just let it play. The other thing I like about Pandora is seeing
other people’s Pandora’s. Everyone’s musical tastes are different and when I am
with friends we all sort of listen to the same things but create your own music
station, as Pandora allows, opens up such a myriad of possibilities that
everyone breaks off in their own direction. I have found a lot of new bands and
songs that I had never heard before, through Pandora, that I otherwise would
have never encountered. But I couldn’t do without music. For years, in my car I
would listen to AM SportsRadio. But now, after about 20 minutes of driving my
mind and body needs music, it needs a beat, it needs that uplifting inspiration
that the perfect song at the perfect time can provide. I wonder what I will listen to when I am 50 or 60. Will I like the current pop music or will I listen to an oldies station.
What will that oldies station play? Will it play Eminem or Linkin Park? Or will
it just play Michael Buble? I know one thing, I’ll be listening.