Fake Plastic Words

Someone asked me yesterday what kind of music I play. I have been asked this question numerous times, but obviously not enough to give a proper answer. I still can’t formulate a succinct reply that makes any sense. I don’t like saying that I’m a cross between two popular artists. But I obviously sound like something. What do I sound like? After I gave a very fragmented response, I was asked who I listen to. “What popular music do you recommend?” This person listens primarily to classical music, and had never heard of the band that I mentioned. “How would you describe their music?” AHHH!!!! Again, this is something that I have no skill in doing. As much as music means to me, I am bad at explaining what it sounds like to me. Music is something I feel, but don’t really enjoy talking about. That is why listening to people talk in musical journal-speak irritates me. It makes no sense to me. I wrote an article for the Covenant student paper last semester concerning the particular band that I was futilely trying to sell in my conversation last night. It is about the closest thing that I’ve been able to say about what music means to me.

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