I don't listen to music.
I remember one day I was grouped with this really weird guy in class with long black hair. He had a hunched back and always wore black. I found him interesting. He stood out, he was unique, he kept to himself. He spoke intelligently yet spoke as if he didn't care of the words he spoke about.I felt there that we had things in common, except that I didn't wear all black. Anyways, when we were grouped he asked the question in a slightly different way. Instead of asking who were my favorite artists, he asked me "What type of music do you listen to?". I told him "I don't listen to music". I remember him laughing at my response, while I just stared back at him in confusion. "Everyone listens to some type of music my friend!" he told me. I replied back telling him that no, I don't like music. I told him music was a waste of time and energy. Why waste time and energy on something as pointless as music?
Do you like rock?
Rock?
Yes. Rock.
Umm, no?
I'll bring you a CD to listen to tomorrow.
The following day he gave me a CD. I remember looking at it and seeing some skull and skeletons with swords.
"Hmm"
?
Interesting cover.
I know. Listen to it, and bring it back to me. It's Slayer.
Slayer?
Just listen to it.
So at this point I felt weird bringing this back to my house. What would my brothers think? What would my dad thing if he saw this? I laughed to myself and wondered if they would think I'm some type of Satan worshiper or something. The cover looked creepy. I decided to listen to the CD when I has the privacy I wanted. It came, I placed the disc inside my Sony Walkman CD player, put on the headphones, laid on my bed, pressed play, and closed my eyes.
My jaw dropped. What I was listening to was nothing short of beautiful. That's when I fell in love with the guitar. I had absolutely no idea what the singer was singing, and quite frankly I did not care. He sounded angry, he was upset, the music was full of adrenaline. What an incredible release of emotions! I loved it!
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When I brought the CD back to him, I couldn't help but tell him how incredible the music was! To my surprise, he brought me another pair of music discs that would further invigorate my newly found music desire.

The Smashing Pumpkins :) This artist was a bit more...relaxed compared to Slayer. There was not so much screaming going on and I understood what the singer was singing. The songs in this album was also very diverse! My favorite of the album being Bullet with Butterfly Wings.
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And thus began my taste for music. Today, I still dislike rap, hop-hp, r&b, and all that stuff. Not to say it's not good music, it's just that I don't like it. To me music is changes in notes. I see too much repetition (the "beat" I guess you can say) in this type of music. On top of that, I dislike the fact that most of songs in this genre involve devaluing women as sex objects, and having an egocentric view on life. Yes, I don't care about their ho's and their money. Couldn't give a damn.
To this day, my favorite music video ever made has been by The Smashing Pumpkins. Ava Adore.
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I remember sitting in my computer class in high school...playing this video on loop. I was bewildered by the creativity involved in this video. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Oh yeah, the bass guitarist: I had the biggest crush on her ^_^

So, to answer the original question today. Who are my favorite artists?
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- Bloc Party
- Bush
- Chevelle
- Daft Punk
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Florence + the Machine
- Foster the People
- Hurts
- Iron Maiden
- Jewel
- Kings of Leon
- Mana
- Metallica
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- R.E.M
- Sixx: A.M.
- Slayer
- The Sounds
- The Temper Trap
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs





