Why is Music important is to me Music is the third most important thing to me in life outside of god and my mom. Music keeps me balanced. Every since I was a baby music was played around me. Jazz was always played around me to soothe me. There would be times when I would be really hyper acting like I couldn’t sleep, my mom would put on some jazz and I would be fine. A lot of times I can have a long chore and I say to my self how can I accomplish this, Knowing it will take me forever. So I’ll put on some jazz music and in twenty-five minutes I’m finished. A lot of times I can have a long tiring day and I want something that will soothe me. And jazz music does it every time. Every time I through on a tape within one minute I forget what I was made about or what’s bothering me and I either fall asleep or I start my next chore and move on to something else I had planned on accomplishing (Carlos P.46).People ask me “what’s the big deal with me and music”, and I tell them plain and simple. When I listen to music I let the song drown my problem. If the song has a positive message then I don’t have a problem listening to it. I can’t listen to a song that’s talking about killing people especially after someone has just made me mad. Of-course in music there is a lot more than just the song that A listen to I listens to the beat. I will listen to instrumentals, but if there is a guy raping to swing music then that will totally change the way I think of rap. I’m not saying that a person can’t rap to swing music but if you listen to music for fifteen years with a similar beat or rhythm then when you hear it with something else even though it’s still music it just won’t sound right. The reason I chose rap was because I had this disc Double Up by Mase. The chorus of the song said if you love me I love you if you have me I’ll hate you if y...
