When I write, it is to music.
When I drive, I listen to music.
When I dance, I dance to music.
When I was little my father introduced me
to classical music. We would listen to his choice of music for hours on end. I
learned to love the gentle sound of classics, the thunderous music of
Beethoven, the emotional music that flowed from Tchaikovsky's soul. The opera
sounds of Verdi and Puccini and oh, many, many more. I would study while
listening to classical music.
I did ballet, modern, tap, character, Greek
and National dance and loved the music that came with each.
When I was a teenager, friends introduced
me to pop. The hit parade had to be listened to on a Saturday afternoon while
you started the process of getting ready for the party that night. I loved most
of the music. Hard rock, pop, ballads and jive.
I went to see all the musicals that came
out and loved every single one of them. I adore Andrew Lloyd Webber's music.
And so, as you can see I grew up with an
extremely catholic taste in music.
It was only today that I came across the true
reason for my dislike and fear of rap music. I knew that it scared me because
of the thoughts behind the lyrics, I also knew that I disliked it because it
had no sense of melodious rhythm, but today as I was driving, I pressed mute a
few seconds after a rap started, and I verbalised "I hate it when someone
shouts at me."
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