Music = Love

Today has just been one of those days. Everyone has them. It's just one of those days where you just cannot get enough.

"Enough of what?" you make ask.

Music.

When I pulled into my parking spot at work today, I sat in my car for an extra couple of minutes just to finish listening to the song blaring over the speakers. Yes, I listen to my music way too loud and yes, when I pull into the parking lot, anyone outside stares.

Even this morning, the first thing I did, even before grabbing my daily bowl of cereal, was turn on my iTunes and play Stars Go Dim on repeat. This band is so mellow, so easy to listen to, and just the perfect amount of "lovey duvey" lyrics to make you feel loved. The best part about this band is that many people don't even know about them. Thank you, Matt, for that suggestion. I am now borderline obsessed.

Which is something I've noticed about myself - I get obsessed with new music quickly. For instance, I listened to Carrie Underwood's "You won't find this" 83 times in a row one Saturday, because I loved it so much. (Sidenote: she is AMAZING in concert.) The obsession also happened with Holiday Parade's "Time for Me" (130 times in a row), "Nothing Personal" (108 times) and "Crimson Red" (50ish times.) Holiday Parade is just an amazingly talented band that produces amazing music.

However, the best way to enjoy music, hands down, is in concert. Goodness, I would see any band in concert once. There is just something about the atmosphere that makes you enjoy the music more. I remember the Skillet concert I went to in High School where everyone, including myself, left all sweaty because we were having such a great time enjoying the music. How can you not enjoy Skillet?

An interesting aspect of my music history, is that I just recently started getting into Christian music. Before that, I didn't take the time to listen to it. Don't get me wrong, I sang my lungs out at church every week, but I never owned any of the music. Since coming to Drake, Eryn and I have really gotten into the Christian genre. I gotta say, I love it.

I still have my secular music, like much of what I mentioned earlier, that I will continue to listen to and love. But now I have so many more bands to become obsessed with, Christian and secular. And more music can only be a good thing, right?