Music Autobiography

Music is something everybody uses to help express his or her feelings. Whether it's dancing, smiling or crying, just listen to something that makes them feel a way; or since not everyone listens to something that makes them feel a certain way. When I was younger I didn't really think much about music, I just thought it was one of those things in the background. I didn’t give it much thought. Growing up I didn't have my own favorite type of genre or favorite type of music. I used to listen to whatever my parents played; it was either Punjabi or Hindi music. The Punjabi music would be party type or something really lyrical that made you really feel some type of way. The Hindi music was Bollywood songs that didn’t have meaning to them. They were

The first time I listen to it, I was just like “wow this sounds nice!” I really just like the way it made me feel. However I wouldn't listen to any of that music around my parents, especially my dad who wanted us to stick to Punjabi culture. I remember sneaking around, with my headphones listening to music, or tune into the radio station on our stereo—when my parents were at work. I remember hearing black-eyed peas, destiny's Child and Ludacris; their music didn’t have any significance for me besides it sounded

Now I think about it when something big happens in my life the music I listen to switches a lot. My first fall term I was into smooth R&B and party or upbeat music, like Teyana Taylor and YG; I didn’t listen to anything too deep. Towards the end of fall term I kind of started feeling low again because I stopped associating a lot of people. After starting a higher level of education, I kind of blocked everyone out and stop associating and talking to my previous friends. Once again I outgrew them and which again put me into some kind depression. However the depression, once again helped me find new music that really made me feel something. This time when I found music it was new to me, but it was actually old. One day I was studying and needed background music because my surrounding was too loud. I went to Pandora and I started listening to a hip-hop station, it played an artist I never heard before named is Mos Def. When I heard his music I was like “whoa, I love him!” I loved the way he articulated his versus with his flow, and the instrumentals were beautiful. After discovering Mos Def, I look him up and click on related music that was 90s Hip-hop. I began listening to artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Lauren hill, Talib Kweli. For the first time in my life--other than discovering J. Cole--I felt and understood deeper meanings to the lyrics. Because they had meaning that fit into my mindset, I felt