Expression through Music.

30-Day Challenge #1: TED Talks
Day 10

A third of the way through the challenge!! Luckily there are plenty of TED talks to choose from so that hasn't been too hard, but it is difficult to try to find ones that are relevant to what I'm feeling. Today, I set out to find a talk about music. I knew there had to be some. There certainly were. The reason why I was looking for one about music is because music is an important part of my life. I love listening to music. I express my emotions through the music I listen to. I have all different playlists for my different moods... the emo mix for those days when I'm feeling down, the feel good mix for those days when I'm in a really good mood, the anger mix for when I'm, well, angry, etc. Sometimes I feel like expressing my emotions through a certain band. I have a wide range of music interests so on any given day it could really be anything. Currently it's Hot Chelle Rae. Their song 'I Like It Like That' is really upbeat and always makes me smile. So it's definitely a song for the feel good mix. The video for it makes me smile a little extra too. Their song 'Bleed' definitely finds a spot on my emo mix. It's just so full of emotion. Seriously, go listen to these songs.

So anyway back to the TED Talk. I also love the band OK Go. I love their music and I love when they have some very kickass music videos. Have you seen the one where they dance on treadmills? (Here It Goes Again) Or the one with the crazy Rube Goldberg machine? Speaking of that one (This Too Shall Pass), that is what this TED talk is about. Adam Sadowsky is one of the people who worked on designing and building the machine in that video. It's really neat to listen to him talk about what went into having to build that machine, and then at the end he shows the music video. It's pretty awesome.





Hope you enjoyed that. Music is a good thing in our lives. Whether you listen to it, play it (I play a tiny bit of guitar), sing it, produce it, or whatever, it brings a lot to our lives. So keep on listening, playing, and whatever else and share your love of music with those around you.

Here's a little bit more about the importance of music in my life. Feel free to not read on if you don't want to. Music has definitely been a huge part of my life. I was definitely one of those kids in high school who was at a different local show every weekend night. I went broke going to shows. I lived in CT then so the venues I frequented were The Space, Empress Ballroom, Toad's Place, Wesbter Theater, Webster Underground, and some random local places that occasionally had bands (i.e. The Maxx, that coffee shop in Greenwich, and whatever that place in downtown Westport was called...). I saw a lot of awesome bands. Some of them aren't bands anymore (well, a lot of them aren't bands anymore). Some of them are still going strong. Some of them have actually made it big (All Time Low, Akon, The Audition, and a few others). I lived through music. It's always been how I express myself. It's how I continue to express myself.

I miss those days of going to shows every week. Once I'm in a financially stable position I hope to be able to do that again. I did make it to a few concerts this summer and I really loved it. Maybe whenever I am able to fully immerse myself back into the music scene, I'll blog about it. haha this is turning into the ever changing blog. Oh well. Stagnation is bad.

Thanks for reading. Okay bye.