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Music Gives Me Feels
Do you have any songs that make you sing so powerfully the experience brings a tear to your eye? ... I may have a few of those. In fact, a fair few are from my middle and high school years, and I still listen to them on occasion for the nostalgia factor.
By Kaitlyn Dawn5 years ago in Beat
My Teenage Soundtrack
The most frustrating times of my life Unlike many teen movies, I would not call my teen years glamorous. In fact, I would say the opposite. I didn’t really enjoy school. It was a time where I was lead to believe that we all had to feel the same and be the same and if you didn’t fit into a certain stereotype or trope, And you get caught in gossip and stress from schoolwork. Teenage Angst by Placebo is the first song that came to my head when I saw this Vocal Challange.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Beat
Looking for Love
The year is 1978. Julie is an eighth-grade wallflower, the shiest girl at her school. She is taller than all the other students, including the boys, so she slouches in an attempt to conceal her height, for all the good that does. As the second child in a family of seven, all living on a teacher’s income, she can’t wear the latest fashions, and she certainly doesn’t fit in with the popular crowd. Her classmates rarely give her a second look, other than an occasional sneer . Her home life is fine, but her social life is nonexistent. Worst of all, she’s too shy to attract a boyfriend.
By Julie Lacksonen5 years ago in Beat
On Shuffle
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0YobwCtJmJxm3mXggs8bfp?si=5f27d27d4e284618 Angst is defined as a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition. Simply put, being in a state of angst involves a stagnant negative energy. Unless we are good about thought tracing, we are usually unaware of where it’s coming from. Everything in the universe is made of atoms that vibrate constantly, even if we don’t notice it with the naked eye. Humans are not an exception. We, too, are made of atoms that cause us to vibrate at a certain frequency. I remember learning the energy equation in Physics class: E = hv; where E represents energy, h is Planck’s constant (6.626 x 10-34 J · s), and v is frequency. By looking at this equation, we know that there is a direct relationship between energy and frequency. Stressful situations, confusion, peer pressure, depression, etc. are all experiences we go through that can cause us to vibrate at a lower frequency. When we have a lower frequency, we tend to feel and give off “negative energy”.
By Jessica Ann5 years ago in Beat
A Typical Cliché
Music saved my life. I bet you read that, rolled your eyes and thought “what a cliché” but it is true. Growing up, I didn’t have the best home life and through my teenage years I ended up getting into drugs and drinking to try to cope with it. The only constant my life had with a sense of normality was music. They say that your life reflects in the music you listen to and I’m living proof of that. Every song I listened to always spoke to me in ways I couldn’t understand. With Billie Eilish becoming popular in recent years, I’d like to talk about the “sad girl” music before her that will always be iconic.
By YesItsMocha5 years ago in Beat
Nervous Young Man
Growing up I was always scared of pretty much everything and to this day I wouldn't be able to tell you why. I felt like making solid friendships and maintaining them was the only way I could be happy (realistically I still do). I'd say between the ages of 10-12 were really difficult and isolating, in which I felt a strong disconnect from the people around me and I didn't know who to talk to about it or what to do, I rarely slept well and I couldn't relax my mind. It was when I was 12 that I started to really get into music and understand how I wasn't alone in any of my feelings and I could resonate with these people. Below, I've attached my playlist, after which I want to describe why each of the songs listed are important to me at very specific and key moments in my teenage development.
By Ewan Zottarelli5 years ago in Beat
Brain in the Drain
I only graduated high school less than 2 years ago, so there ain’t been much time for “look how the time flew” melodrama to set in quite yet. But given present circumstances in how the Earth blew up and temporarily closed, I’d say it’s fair to assess the old world I’d once lived, and reflect on the pain, joys, and wild sounds of adult world pre-deployment. Queue the melodrama :)
By Jace Dominguez5 years ago in Beat
