Music is amazing

I just left a band practice for church with a few of my good friends. I had so much fun tonight because we did some goofing off and just started playing all these songs from back in the day. We played some southern rock and other genres we could think of. My friend Daniel started talking about Blindside and we just sat around and listened to Blindside and then listened to the band Thursday and talked about a few other groups. That would lead to other nostalgic feelings from those times in my life. I instantly thought about old friends I had when those bands were really popular and it made me think of the groups I listened to with those friends. It's amazing how music can bring you to a place in time where you spend time with friends who were close or maybe an old relationship you had with someone. The songs might not necessarily make you think of that person in a bitter or romantic way but it brings you back to that time in your life when you were in high school and spent time with friends growing up and learning about life. I sometimes wish I could go back to those times in my life but then I might not remember it as fondly. I guess it is similar to the concept of going back and watching old TV shows that you watched when you were a little kid. You don't really seem to appreciate it because you can't really relate to it anymore. I can go back and mark a particular phase that I went through with each genre of music. I remember when I began to get into music, I was into the really awful radio rock like Limp Bizkit and Korn. I then met my good friend Jarrod who I have know since middle school who inspired me to start playing the guitar and that led to listening to punk music. I went from Punk to Emo and Emo to Hardcore/Post-hardcore. After Hardcore, it was back to Indie/Emo and then I think from there I started getting into Christian music. When I started working at Santino's and met my good friend Richard, he got me into classic rock and oldies which I kind of wrote off for a long time. I used to think older music was crap because it was so out-of-date. I was so wrong. I realized that all the music I thought was crap is what inspired and gave birth to the music I loved. I think music in a lot of ways has saved me. When I feel depressed or I am going through a hard time, I turn to music. If I want to be inspired, I listen to music. If I want to bring myself back to a place in time, I listen to music. Music is so pure and therapeutic to me. I don't know what we would ever do without music and I don't understand anyone who isn't into music. The world without music would be a very dull place indeed.