COMM 303 Blog #2

Taking Turns For My Ears

YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, 93.1 FM, 91.9 FM, 99.7 FM. Cellphone, iPod, computer, radio, CDs. The first list is a gathering of “places”where I listen to music. The second list has the different hardware I use to get my music from. My most prominent source is probably my laptop. All of the variant places where I listen to music can be played through the wonders of the internet, even the radio stations.

My laptop with the iTunes and Pandora
browser open. Some CD cases, my
phone and iPod.

I love music for so many reasons; one of the main reasons is that music can help me get through anything in life. The music I listen to usually interprets the emotions that are running through me at a specific time and place. I think music for me is an escape to a world of bliss and tranquility. It is that use and gratification I get from listening to music being streamed through the various devices, which provide escapism from the palpable everyday world, to my own private secured world.

The voices singing through the speakers of my iPod help me concentrate hard on my weekly workouts. I love to run, and it is very difficult for me to get to the finish line without blaring music coming out of my headphones. When I am in my car, I usually listen to CDs my brother has created for me, my phone which I plug in the car or sometimes I just listen to the local radio stations. When I am at home, cleaning or doing my homework, I use my computer to play the notes once written by Debussy or Tchaikovsky.

I am not a one digital audio technology at a time kind of gal; I like a wide selection of options. One thing is for sure, the media dependency on this particular technology is high above many of the other communication technologies I am sure to be discussing very soon. Music is the delightful, entertaining sounds of my deepest thoughts and desires. The haunting voices of some artists or just the poignant sounds of notes written long before I was born, make me want this medium so much more.

**The following are some of the playlists with artists and/or composers who I listen to. Click on the artists On Repeat or ¿Qué es esto? to listen to a song by the artist.**

On Repeat:                               Guilty Pleasures:         No Words Please:

Young the Giant                      Katy Perry                    Claude Debussy

Mumford & Sons                    Taylor Swift                  Bedřich Smetana

Imagine Dragons                     Kid Cudi                        Franz Schubert

Of Monsters and Men                                                  Pyotr I. Tchaicovsky

Alex Clare                                 Even Mother Listens To:           

Black Keys                                The Beatles                  ¿Qué es esto?

Christina Perri                         Rolling Stones              Reik

Fun                                           Rod Stewart                  Julieta Venegas 

Coldplay                                   Queen                           La Oreja de Van Gogh