Music Memories #1

        Thinking back, over the years my taste of music has changed pretty dramatically. Age definitely had an influence over what i listened to but so did the people that i surrounded myself with. At the age of five, i honestly don't remember much about what i listened to but embarrassingly enough i remember making up dances with my kindergarten friends to country songs by Reba Mcentire! I vaguely remember a song of hers called, "It's your call." Not sure why she was one of my favorites back then but I'm pretty sure i remember her having a lot of hits during that time. Another song i remember from my early childhood is, "I saw the sign," by Ace of Base. Another obviously embarrassing song i admit to listening to but hey i was five people!
       Around the age of ten (late 90's) music started to change and so did my taste in music. TLC was probably one of my favorites then and though i hate to admit, that's the age when i started to like the boy band Backstreet Boys. Boy bands and pop songs dominated the industry during my middle school years so it was hard to avoid the pressure of listening to something that everyone else was.
      Eventually as i hit high school, my brother got me into listening to alternative rock. I pretty much liked all of the bands he liked, which i think is pretty common with siblings. Nirvana and Green day were amongst my favorites. After that period of time i met my Ex-boyfriend who influenced my taste in music dramatically. So around 16 i jumped into my hip hop and Rap stage.
     Looking back at my changing taste in music i realized that my tastes haven't completely change because now i listen to a little of every genre. Kind of like i picked out the styles and songs i have like best over the years and kept listening. I can appreciate so many different styles of music today and of course my taste changes slightly as the industry evolves but when it comes down to it i appreciate the same qualities in music that i did, 15,10 or even five years ago. I also realized that friends and family have a greatly influence what music your introduced to and what you end up listening to. What's funny though is, my husband listen to alot of the old school rock songs and some of them i will like but a lot of times we disagree on what we consider a good song. So even though I'm around him constantly i think because I'm older i listen less to what others tell me they think i should listen to and just go with what i like. Not as young and impressionable as i use to be i guess.