Music and Me

 Hello, I'm Caden Landreth I am from Anderson SC. I am a special education and early childhood education major. Teaching is my passion. I think one of the best ways kids learn is through music. When I was in kindergarten my mom made up a song to remember her phone number. Music has always been a big part of my life. From listening to music to playing the drums, guitar and upright bass. Music is such a perfect expression of emotions. Music can also bring people together in singing and dancing it really just brings out the best in people. It is an art form.

My absolute favorite type of music is 90s-2000s alternative, emo and indie music. I still listen to it almost every day. Music like The Red-Hot Chili peppers, Weezer, My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy. I have grown up listening to this music. Although the songs may be aggressive and sad. It makes me happy in a way because I feel like I can connect with the music. Listening to this type of music created a type of community around it as any music genre does. It is nice to connect with the same type of music as others and grow connections within that. The songs just feel empowering and freeing and like you can let out all of your emotions. I feel this type of music allows one to be their true self and makes it okay to not be the same as everyone else.

Say it Ain't So-Weezer https://youtu.be/ENXvZ9YRjbo

Shy Away-Twenty-One Pilots https://youtu.be/3sO-Y1Zbft4

One song that is deeply meaningful to me is I'm Sticking with You by The Velvet Underground. My parents had the Juno Soundtrack on CD. We would often listen to it in the car, and this was my favorite song because as a child I thought it was silly because of the lyrics like "I'm sticking with you, cause I'm made out of glue." and "Saw you hanging from a tree, I made believe it was me". I started to be able to sing the whole song then my brother learned it not much after me and my whole family would sing it together in the car. I did not think much of the lyrics much as a child, but I know my parents did. As I have grown up it has become clear what the lyrics mean. I think they describe my family very well. We are very close and would do anything for each other. We can all still sing the song by heart but now we all know the message which is so meaningful to me.

I'm Sticking With You- The Velvet Undergrounds https://youtu.be/TuV3ElYHYe4

One genre I cannot get behind is EDM(electronic dance music). Lyrics are very important to me in songs I love to be able to sing along. The lyrics tell a story. To me I feel like EDM is just noise. It usually has a loud bass that hurts my ears. I just do not understand it.