I figured I'd show where I come from musically. It doesn't really go into much of what I listen too now, because it'd be much to much to write, but it's pretty detailed concerning my far past. This might explain why I'm doing this experiment, but probably won't. Oh well.
It all started with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Thanks to
Power Rangers (2:00-about5:00). I watched that clip way to many times, not only for the extraordinary non-suited power rangers action, but also for the song. At the time I was 4, and other than Sesame Street, it was probably the only music I would choose to listen too.
For most of my childhood, I listened to the
Pure Funk CD. This was mostly a family consensus. My little brother sang "Brick House" for much of his childhood, and the
Kung Fu Fighting chipmunk was a revelation when it came out.
During this time
Sunny Came Home was my favorite song for about three years.
From there I got in to Brittany Spears and B*Witched like any 8 year girl would. I only got into B*Witched because of a stocking stuffer that was a VHS of a music video for
Jesse Hold On. Being obsessed with music and video at a young age, you can not even imagine how obsessed I got about 3 other girls to make a music video recreation of this. Sadly we never did, because those dance moves are insanely amazing.
After that I listened to
Nellyville for a few months straight.
In about 6
th grade I got intensely into Nirvana and dyed my hair different colors, and from
Yahoo Video Station (which was basically a poorly though out Pandora) I got into The Distillers, and many other bands. Luck for me, I got really into them about a month before Coral Fang came out. With harder sounding music on my mind, my brother and I began sharing similar tastes in music, which got me into
screamo music.
Nevea Tears, a very unknown
screamo band, being the best of all and the only one I still listen too (but was unaware of a second album until just now). The downfall for this type of hardcore music was when I started listening to Lamb of God, which basically scared me out of pursuing it further.
Bored and in search of more music, I adventured in local concerts (at which I often felt very young) and the occasional warped tour.
My salvation from decent music to amazing music came in the form of Sufjan Stevens. My Dad has always put on bands that he think I might like throughout my life, he didn't and probably still doesn't notice the impact of putting that on had on me. It was a simple ride to pick up one of my friends at the time, but I remember it very clearly.
From that point I started on a mission to find anything better, so I could duel with my father for who found the better band (basically) and I just began to get sick of anything without as much thought and effort behind the layers of Illinoise, Seven Swans, and even his Christmas album.
About early sophomore year, I became content with my collection and decided to do the exact opposite of what I'm doing now, I let music find me. With a very full iPod I found no need to search for more exciting and new music, but people still gave me recommendations.
Now a Junior, with a path in mind for my future, I felt I needed to mix up myself up somehow. This is my own experiment, with almost no purpose, but none the less, it has already been extremely enjoyable and eye opening.
As for today Psapp's album is out!!!
