Music to My Ears

When you grow up in the city, country music is almost always shunned.  Before I met Erin, the dial never came close to those twangy stations.  I couldn't stand listening to cowboys moan about how they lost their girl, or how great beer is, or how their cars have four-wheel drive.

Hit it Boo Hoo Billy Bob!

"Oh I left my heeeaaarrt in Tenesseeeeeeee, because my true looooooooove she don't love me.  I have a beeeeeer and a hungry guuuuuuut, time to find some roadkiiiiiiiiiil in my four-wheel truuuuuuuck."

Then Erin came along, and when you get a new girlfriend, you do just about anything to please her. So I suffered diligently through hours of country music. Naturally, it began to grow on me and I found that country can be pretty funny, really creative, and fun to listen to.

I still enjoy my preferred genre of music though; soundscapes. Once upon a time I listened to a TON of techno, but it can get old fast and become very repetitious.

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On a similar, but different note, there is an up and coming musical artist out there than many people still haven't heard of. He's a one man band with talent to spare and he goes under the alias, "Owl City".

The first time I heard his music was over the radio. It was his first smash hit, "Fireflies". After that I was determined to find his CD. It didn't take long to get it off of iTunes and the whole thing is simply amazing. I've never listened to a single album so often.

Adam Young combines the wild imagination of techno with the romance of traditional instruments like the guitar, piano and violin along with poetic lyrics (and sometimes puns) to make astounding music that I just can't get enough of!
Thank you for your music Adam Young, it brightens my day each time I listen to it.