Evolution of my Music Interest

Hello! I'm here with another requested post. As you can tell, my friend is really into music and she requested that I go in depth with my music interest and how it's evolved or changed throughout different phases of my life :)

To be honest, I don't listen to music that much. I usually listen to whatever my fiancé listens to, so a lot of my music taste comes from him. I'm pretty much a typical girl when it comes to my own music taste. I like listening to mainstream music, as long as it's catchy. I'm not music discriminate when it comes to mainstream music, but there are some songs and artists out there that I absolutely do not like. One that comes to mind is Rhianna. I respect her as an artist, but I just can't stand her music and every time I hear one of her songs, it's an automatic skip for me. I just don't like the way she sings in her songs so any time she makes a feature on a song or I hear one of her tracks on the radio or playlist, I don't even think twice before hitting that next button.

When I was in high school, I only listened to the radio when I got ready in the morning. I was really into the R&B/Pop genre because that was what the radio station played. I still really do like R&B, but it seems like this genre is thinning out or I'm not listening to the right stations. I really like Pop, because it's just a genre of popular culture things and it's always usually on the radio. Other than listening to it in the morning while I got ready, I didn't listen to a lot of music throughout the day.

I love love love listening to old 90s music. I didn't include any in my previous post but I love bumping out to N'Sync, TLC, 3LW. I'm an N'Sync junkie because when I was little, my sisters got to see them in concert and I couldn't go because I was too young. I will always love N'Sync because it was the first boy band that I ever listened to. I love the 90s boy band phase with N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, 98 degrees, Hanson.. all of them. I can't say the same about boy bands these days, but I have a great appreciation for them back in the day (now I sound old..). My TLC/3LW phase was short. My aunt and cousin had their CDs and I would listen to them, but listening to them now just gives me a nostalgic feeling.

When I first started dating my fiancé, he introduced me into my 'screamo' phase. He was really into that type of music and I liked being exposed to different music genres. He introduced me to some of my favorite bands like Dance Gavin Dance, Underoath, and The Devil Wears Prada. He's introduced me to a lot of bands and music, but those are the only ones I know on the top of my head. Those bands are like scratching the surface of 'screamo' and are pretty popular and mainstream, but I can't help that I'm attracted to their music. Sometimes I just like a specific song from other bands like Saosin's Seven Years.

After our screamo phase, we start getting into the Indie/Alternative genre. My fiancé liked to visit the store FYE (For Your Entertainment) to scout out new music genres. We're the kind of people that still like to buy albums, especially for lesser known artists like Mew, Metric, Minus The Bear, Walk the Moon, and a couple of others. I'm actually really upset that I don't know more of the band names because I really enjoyed this phase I went through with music.

The next phase is one that I'm still in: the electronic/instrumental phase. You can see a lot of the music on my playlist comes from this phase. I love Tycho because his music is just so soothing and relaxing. We listen to it when we're doing homework or just trying to decompress from a stressful day. I feel like this genre is full of music that I can listen to over a couple of years but they never get old. I like Electronic because it's kind of like hype music. I dabble in a little bit of Trap Music, but sometimes it gets too busy and I just stick with Electronic. I really love Nero and their music is just so catchy.

It's hard for me to pinpoint songs and artists because I use Pandora and Milk Music a lot. Milk music is basically like pandora, but exclusive to Samsung phones and they categorize their music playlist by genre. Pandora lets you create your own station, which is good, but can have varying results. I hope this gives you all an insight into my music taste and how it's changed over a period of time.