Musical Preference

Like some borders, my musical preference has gone through drastic changes throughout my life time. I have always listened to many different types of music, but I tend to go through phases where I listen to one genre of music a little bit more than another. For example, a few years ago I listened to rap music and rock music, but in the car I found that I listened to rap stations a little more than the rock stations. Towards the beginning of junior year, my preference started to change, and I found that I listened to rock more and more.

I still listen to rock more than I do rap, but it feels that my current musical preference will be more permanent. I still listen to older rap music on my Ipod, but I found that there isn't a lot of new rap that I like to listen to. At the same time, it seems that there are tons of older and newer rock bands that are producing music that I enjoy, and it also seems like I find out about new bands constantly. In the last two years, I had a drastic change in favorite artists. Sophomore year, my favorite artist was 50 cent, but I found that I got tired of listening to his music all the time. For awhile I didn't really have a favorite band, until the middle of junior year when I started listening to Avenged Sevenfold.

After listening to one of their CD's for awhile, their song "Bat Country" became my favorite song, and still is today. There are many reasons why it has become my favorite song. One reason is that there are several points in the song where the song changes and it almost sounds like a completely different song, but it still seems to fit the rest. Another reason why I like the song so much is that the lyrics to the song match how the song sounds at that certain point which really emphasizes the meaning of the song.

Just last week, I went to a concert at Eastern Michigan University that featured Avenged Sevenfold so I was able to see the borders that their music created. I was surprised to see that not all of the people who were there wore all black and had multiple piercings, but many seemed to be the average kids, or even parents from the neighborhood just enjoying a concert. Most of my friends do not listen to Avenged Sevenfold, so I began to think there was a definite border created by their music, but after attending the concert I realized that all different types of people enjoy their music.