10 Songs that Define Me

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It wasn’t easy to pick 10 songs – I listen to so many different kinds of music for many different reasons. I tried my best to dilute the list (which includes my top 3 bands – Crystal Castles, Sexy Sushi, and The Knife). A rough description of the kind of music I like is music that has raw sounds and is dynamic with deep evolving melodies and sounds, vocals included. My genres span from electro-punk, to folk, country, hip hop, rap, rock, and more.

I think the range in music I listen to is a reflection of my open-minded, inquisitive, and unique character. I also like to think of myself as being ambitious with big goals in life. Music plays a deep, fundamental role in my life. To call it an art form, although a significant term, is to downplay its impact to my life. Music accentuates the (emotional) highs and heals the lows. It intensifies feelings and thoughts.

Growing up I was always different from the people around me. In a way music was an escape into my own domain. My growth in music taste started around the time when I really became interested in the intellectual pursuits of life; this happened when I was 15 or so. I didn’t have many friends, so often I would be home reading about nature (by nature I mean everything that ever was, is, and will be). I had discovered people like Carl Sagan who inspired me learn as much as possible about everything.