How IS America doing?

Bad. America is doing very bad. I'm not sure if that's proper grammar but that is exactly how it is. The world is becoming more and more lazy, I, for one, am guilty of being incredibly lazy. Humans now how the ability to control the world from their finger tips, and requires them to not even leave the couch. When I read books from the 50s and 60s or even books that seem prehistoric, there's just something about them, something brilliant, that i find impossible to be replicated in the modern era. Music. We went from bands of sheer brilliance, ACDC, Aerosmith, The Beatles, Rush, you name it, to people like Juicy J, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne? I'm almost certain that the chair I'm sitting on right now has a higher IQ than all of them combined. The world, the world's culture, is crumbling, and most of the time I feel like I'm the only one noticing it.

I can't believe I'm saying this... but Juicy J

Yes. I am modest enough to admit that I enjoy listening to Juicy J. That being said he is an awful rapper, some of his lyrics make him sound as if he didn't even graduate from elementary school. The thing that I like most about his music are his base heavy, and what I would call "turnt beats." What I mean by that is when I play a song of his it get's me energetic and really gets me going. Being an athlete music is something that I use on a daily basis as added motivation, that feeling that you get when you get really into a song seems to radiate the feeling you get when you hit a home run or make a game winning shot, things that get me really fired up. Before games and even practices I like to turn on my spotify account and listen to music similar to that of Juicy J, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, artists that have very up -tempo and base heavy beats. The same thing goes with dubstep too. Now if I were in the car or if i had my headphones on for an extended amount of time this would not be the case. There is only so much cruddy music a man can take. But maybe playing one or two songs gets me fired up, and ready to go. This song that I attached may seem ridiculous, but it gives you an idea of the kind of beats Juicy J features. WARNING THIS SONG IS VERY EXPLICIT!!!!

1st Day Assignment:My Music

It's quite funny that such an assignment like this, asking me to express my musical likes and dislikes, was asked just days after I finally began to create my own musical identity. Just a few days ago I finally got the hook up with a Spotify account. I had always like music, Pandora and 8-tracks were always my go to apps when I was on the road, but I had never pursued the discovery of music. I never bought songs on iTunes because I never knew which songs to buy, I would listen to music on the radio but never caught who it was by and what it was called. I liked songs from an incredibly vast spectrum of genres, from country to dub step, from indie to heavy metal, I listened to it all. And it wasn't until I got my Spotify account that I was actually able to take on my own identity. What I've learned about myself, which I would have never guessed before I got Spotify, is that I absolutely love soft/indie rock. Mumford and Sons, The Black Keys, The Temper Trap, I love them all. While I still enjoy listening to the likes of Nero, Skrillex, and even Juicy J and Drake, Indie rock is something that has really attached itself to me. I'm still hopeless when it comes to naming new songs or albums by my favorite bands, I'm working on it.