Music In My Life
Talk about music, it plays a huge part in my life. Of course, we also need other things in life, but for me, it will not be complete without music. I am a music lover and a sucker for good music.
Kiddo
As a kid, I just heard on TV, radio, and what my parent heard. It's just about, how I like the song. And that’s it. And, during that, I started to like music (By that time, I really liked Ice, Ice Baby, ahak,ahak).
High School (SIGS)
I listen to pop a lot. This time, in the late 90s, boybands were like BSB, 5ive, and O-town. Yup, talking about boybands and pop. The girls always talk about who is the hottest one in the band. I remembered I’m always watching 100 Billboard Charts every weekend. And Elton John, ‘The Way You Look Tonight was no.1 during that time. And also, I listen to R&B music, Boyz II Men, Usher. And there was a weird group named Chumbawamba.
SAMURA
I bought my first cassette, Mytown. Haha, this boyband has already disbanded today (but one of the members had formed a band named The Script). I remember there was one music store in Wetex Parade, Muar (a popular shopping complex by that time among students, and probably other people) where I always bought the cassette. I can’t remember the name of the cassettes I bought at that time. Dunno if, right now, the music store is still there (I think it is still there). This time, I had more pop music than I bought. Every time, when I went for an outing, I would go to that music store—searching for a new cassette. My father also bought cassettes from a music store. During this time also, I bought my first Walkman. I remember when my mother said that I wanted really badly to buy a Walkman. And finally, my father bought me a Walkman with a recorder. He asked if I wanted to record something (he knew what I liked even though I didn’t tell him). It was still with me right now. Almost 10 years old. Although it has fallen so many times, and even dipped in the river, the walkman was still doing okay.
Matriculation
This time, rock music started coming into my life. I don’t know how it influences me. Maybe it was from my father. By that time, I started, listening to rock but mostly alternative music. I listen to Linkin Park, Silverchair, The Vines, and Nickelback and I even bought their cassette( p/s: Thanks, Merin for checking my drawers, haha :) And Mariah Carey still can be found in my drawers. Hehe.
UKM
Life getting tougher. By this time, I listened more to old-school rock. Talking about Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and I really like Maroon 5 :). But during this time, I started not to buy cassettes because this day so hard to find a shop selling cassettes, and they selling more CDs. It’s quite expensive. My father has maybe influenced me because he listens a lot to Jimi Hendrix, Sweet Charity. Even Lefthanded, before they became famous, they had played at my parent's wedding.
I remember during my final year, crashing my dissertation when I was doing something to the graphic things (the map actually) I listened to Wings and Search over and over again. Funny, I dunno how many times, the cassette was playing over and over again. Luckily, the cassette was not broken :)
But, of course, the most important thing is, I learn how to play the guitar. And it was the first time I bought the guitar. Actually, I didn’t tell my parent that I bought the guitar. I’m afraid that they will not like to know that a girl plays the guitar. On my last day in UKM, when I was about to return home, my parents came to get my things, and they saw them. To my surprise, my father said that it was the great guitar that I bought and my mother just asked ‘This is ur guitar?’ Yup. It was a relief.
UM
It was really stressful time. I was developing preferences old school stuff. Mostly 50’s, the ’60s, and ‘70s until ’90s. But, rock music was still the no.1 genre. Sometimes, I prefer a live version or an acoustic version of a song because we experiment a lot with that song. Yeah, sometimes I feel bored too( p/s: Thanks Mara for lending the guitar. Actually, I broke one of the strings but I freaked out, so I changed all the strings. Sorry if it does not sound the same. Hehe :P
Today, almost 100 cassettes that I bought. There is various music from rock to R&B and pop. Although some of the cassettes had mold in them, (my house has quite some mold, so it was easy to get the mold. Huhu).
The most important thing is the music means a lot to me. Anyway, whatever happens, we must not forget our responsibility. (Hoping to be a poet and a writer :)
