https://play.spotify.com/user/1299173459/playlist/1r9nqAGOiV7WTLupRtxHet

Instead of choosing songs whose lyrics represent me as a person, I felt it would be more appropriate to showcase my wide variety of musical preference. By including different genres of music in my playlist, it shows how I have an open mind when it comes to experiencing new things. The ten songs I selected include rap, house, pop, euro-pop, modern Greek and traditional Greek. One Greek song, “Enas Aetos” which translates to “One Eagle” represents the traditional music I was raised with. As I grew older, I acquired my own unique taste which can be seen throughout the rest of my playlist. My euro-pop and modern Greek music reminds me of the summer. Vacationing in Europe, I was exposed to different types of music which I grew fond of. The genre I listen to at any given moment depends solely on my mood. Generally when I’m excited or upbeat I prefer listening to something pumping like house. On the other hand, when I’m sitting on the train after a long day at school I would rather listen to rap or something more soothing.

Spotify Playlist

This playlist is full of songs that show that not everything as it seems, just like me. These songs take different spins on the Bible “Beast and the Harlot”, views on life and possession “Between Angels and Insects”, and decisions you make “Crossroads”. One song “Born With Nothing, Die With Everything” I actually have tattooed on me. You come into the world with nothing but a name and the goal is to leave with a legacy. In the end I am not as I appear “Smoke and Mirrors”, I have a sensitive side, “Dear God”, I believe that we “buy things we don’t need, with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like” -Chuck Palahniuk, Fight club, and the “the things we own, own us” -Chuck Palahniuk, Papa Roach, “Between Angels and Insects”. I believe we “Get Away With Murder” because people only look and things and don’t actually see it for what it is, “Stop Looking Start Seeing”.  Although you’d like to believe everything is as it seems to be, not everything is nice and easy “Where Did the Angels Go”, sometimes you have to dig deep, come back to reality and realize your missing the forest for the trees.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jfelton616/playlist/4fBYWLj8IDxF13OJHYNBQb

This playlist doesn’t really say much about my personality. I did start to make a playlist with songs that I felt described me in some way but I only got two songs in before I went back to square one. If this playlist says anything, it’s that I’m a music nerd. Like seriously. Every day I find some new song or artist to love, obsess over and blast through the big headphones that I’m wearing as I write this. This playlist consists of both songs that I “discovered” this week and songs that I’ve loved for a while. Enjoy. And yes. I actually like We Can’t Stop. Sue me.

http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Freshman+Seminar/90411361

Most of the music I listen to is in Japanese so it wasn’t that easy to find the songs I listen to that represent who I am, but I did (and don’t worry, there are links to the English lyrics). Some of the songs included (Great Pretender, Morning Dreamer, StargazeR, My Song) show how I prefer living in my own world and drift off to wherever my imagination takes me. “No Thank You” shows that I love being young and take pride in it. “SandStorm” shows how I am very energetic, but have control over it, rather than just running around in circles all day long (DUDUDUDUDUDU *if anyone understands this, I love you*). “Thousand Enemies” shows how I have no care for roadblocks or anything standing in the way of what I think is right. If I believe in it, nothing will stop me, and I mean nothing, despite how shy I am. “Heart Goes Boom!!” represents how, despite my innate shyness, I still find ways to show who I am, and how I am important. The last two songs, “Ai Kotoba” and “Ichiban no Takaramono” are my favorite songs ever, and represent my softer/cutesy side. They help me to relax and go off into my own world, and also get me to think about what my life will be like when I relearn what love is.

My song: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/mysong.htm

Morning Dreamer: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/morningdreamer.htm

Thousand Enemies: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/thousandenemies.htm

Heart Goes Boom!!: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/keion/heartgoesboom.htm

Ai Kotoba: http://www.animelyrics.com/doujin/deco27/aikotoba.htm

Ichiban no Takaramono: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/ichibannotakaramono.htm

StargazeR: http://www.animelyrics.com/doujin/vocaloid/stargazer.htm

https://play.spotify.com/user/1249168838/playlist/37ZGolfGIdTJC037k83Vu3

The playlist I created above is a collection of music that I feel expresses my music taste and also a little bit about me . I listen to a variety of Hip Hop and Rap along with a bit of  Alternative and Classical. I feel a lot can be said by what music a person listens to. The music I listen to often corresponds to my mood. I listen to fast Rap and Hip Hop when I am happy and excited, slow meaningful Rap and Alternative when I am in a gloomy more sad mood, and Classical when I am thinking. My life can be expressed in the music I listen to, and with each new day comes a new song added to my playlist.