Music

So, I am currently listening to "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley. Strange thought, I don't think I have any studio recordings of Jeff Buckley. Anyone else have that problem? After reading a "friend's" blog, I decided I would write about music and how integral a part of my life it is. I have over 240GB of music, and if anyone knows how much that is, you know I have a lot of music. I have about 80GB on my Zune and that is over 16,000 songs, so mutliply that by 3, about 50,000 songs, give or take a few 1000... Music has always been a coping mechanism for as long as I can remember, from living with Barbara and listening to music as I fell asleep. To this day, I still have issues falling asleep without listening to music. It has a calming influence on me, I am not sure why, but I feel that it has something to do with my "comfort zone." So, I listen to all kinds of stuff, from Alabama to ZZ Top, you name it, I probably have it. I am relatively certain it drives my wife crazy, as I begged her for six months to let me get a system in the truck. Now, she wants to upgrade it! I love her so much... I still need to get a radio or something in our room so I can drive her crazy listening to music as I fall asleep. Anyways, I find that as Eminem says, music can alter moods. It also goes on to say "can it load a gun and cock it, too?" I do not feel that music or anything else can make people go out and shoot other people. I am sick and tired of parents saying that their kid went out and shot someone because they played too much Resident Evil as a kid. I played it, and I have never shot someone just because I played the game. People bitching about sex and violence on TV makes me sick, too. If you don't like it, watch something else. Quit complaining about stuff you have control over. While you are at it, stop complaining about the stuff you can't change, too. Let life roll as it is. I digress, however. Music has been something that can change my mood from depressed to happy, happy to sad, sad to thoughtful. It all depends on what I wish to mull my head on at the time. My favorite band, Counting Crows, is one of the most amazing bands I have ever heard. Adam Duritz, the lead singer, has the most soulful, deppressing, uplifting, and thoughtful voice I have ever heard. I think you should check them out. Amazing band. Music can touch you in ways you have never thought possible. Maybe you should listen to some more music...