"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music." -Sergei Rachmaninov
You're probably wondering "Keels,
What is this blog all about, anyway?"
For those who know me pretty well, you know that I love music. I have over 4000 songs, which adds up to about 12 days worth of music, on my iTunes. The genres in my music collection stretch from classic 90's hits (my personal fav) from Backstreet Boys to some good ol' country to Christian and worship music to acoustic and classical to hard rock like Aerosmith and Van Halen to some smooth jams from John Mayer to rap gods like Jay-Z and 2Pac... you get the point. I pride myself in having a wide variety of music. Yet, I feel that I have kept myself sheltered from the whole realm of the world of music. That's what this experiment is all about. I want to stretch my music knowledge and experience music my ear buds have never tasted before.
Here's the plan...
Every week I am going to listen to a new genre of music until I feel like stopping this experiment. For the whole week I am only going to listen to that type of music, whether I'm sitting in my room listening to tunes on my laptop or in my car driving. I will start off the week by listening to that type of music in my own collection of music and artists I'm already familiar with. Then I will branch out and look up artists from that genre that I haven't heard of and experience what that genre has to offer.
I will post during the week the artists I listen to, the emotions the particular type of music envokes in me, if I enjoy the genre or not, and the way the music affects me.
The next question that might have crossed your mind is...
"Why are you doing this"?
Well I have a few reasons for you, the most compelling being that I have a deep love and admiration, probably more closer to an obsession, with music. I could not stand to live in a world without the soothing strums on the guitar or the tempo of the drum that makes your foot tap. I never go a day without listening to some type of music. It's in my veins, and I can't get enough of it. I want to experience all the world of music has to offer. I want to stretch myself and learn about different genres I don't listen to often and even ones I've never heard of.
The second reason is that I want to be REALLY passionate about something for once in my life. I've always been a quitter. I quit competitive sports in high school when it got too tough. I don't put as much effort into my school work as I should. But music has always been a passion of mine. I want to take it to the next level and LEARN more. I want to gain knowledge about many genres and not stay in my own bubble of just listening to what's popular.
You are my third reason for doing this. Not only do I want to share with others what I learn and help others expand their view of music as well, but you will keep me on track. If I set out to do this on my own I would probably keep at it for about a month then let it fall to the wayside, but if I have people to read my blog consistently then I will have to post and keep up with my experiment.
Thank you for your interest in my experiment. I'm excited to see what comes out of this. I'll try not to let you down.
