Music Culture

My music culture begins with the music that my parents listened to when I was younger. I basically only listened to what they listened to and then it just grew from there. Songs from my memory include "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal, anything from Journey, and "Cheeseburger in Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett during the summers at the lakehouse. Once I started to find some music that I liked on my own my taste began to deviate a little from what I had listened to in the past. So along came groups like the Spice Girls, Nsync, and of course the Backstreet Boys. Like every 12 year old girl I was obsessed at first, and then the phase began to fade. After that I got into some country music and that is just about where I still am today. Today my music culture includes country and a little bit of rock from Texas. When I was a senior in high school Texas country was all that I listened to. It got so bad that every Wednesday night I would go to a concert with friends where some band that we all knew would play for hours on end. For many 16-18 year olds in San Antonio this was all that they did. I remember listening to bands like Stoney LaRue, the Eli Young Band, Randy Rogers, and many others that I'm sure nobody here has heard of just about 24/7 and then Wednesday nights and weekend nights there would be a concert for us to attend either free of charge or at a decent price. So it all came from parents in the beginning, then from the radio and television, and finally from friends in school and around the city. So of course a big part of my music culture came from the people and friends around me, and they have definitely influenced me the most.