I know I said that I would discuss what I've read recently but I have to retract that for today because I want to talk about music. There will be plenty of days to talk about literature in the future. Like math, I believe music to be a universal language that the human population shares. You would be hard pressed to find a person that does not enjoy some type of music whether be a hymnal or a heavy metal band. That is the beauty of music. Maybe it is the lyrics that dig deep into your emotions and leave a mark that you share with that artist or it could be the flow of the instruments that has your head swaying like a boat in the middle of the ocean. No matter what it is, that feeling that you get does not come from anywhere as effortlessly as it does through listening to music.

I've had my prejudices against genres of music or even specific artists as do most people but I have had experiences lately that changed my mindset. About two weeks ago I got back from a music festival called Bonnaroo. First off, I want to say that anyone who has the opportunity to attend a music festival should not hesitate and also do the best that they can to make the opportunity. While walking around the enormous festival grounds I knew there were bands I had no desire to see. To my surprise I ended up at a few of those bands and not only gained a new found appreciation for them but for music as a whole. I thought about how for every band on the set list was bound to have at least one of the 80,000+ people at this concert as their favorite band. This meant that all the work the band went through to become an artist paid off because they reached out to someone through music more than any other artist has for them and that has to mean a lot to them. There are the artists who are in the music business to get rich and famous but the majority is in it to share what they have done and hope that their music is being played in someone's car at full volume while they yell every word of the song along with the band and during that moment their is nothing more than them and that song. I continued to walk through the concerts and saw that every venue had people at it whether is was 500 or 50,000 and that solidified the thought that musicians will always thrive for the purpose of being able to reach out to someone whether it is a few or it is an innumerable amount.

Lastly, I want to say that you should listen to whatever you enjoy. You may be judged for what you listen to but that is only because they do not understand how you feel when your favorite song is playing. Don't ever let anyone believe they make the law for what music is good to listen to because they are not the only ones listening to it and no one is forcing to listen to what they do not enjoy. If listening to dial up tones makes you happy, listen to dial up tones.