What Music Means to Me

Hey y'all! As you may have guessed from the name of my blog, I LOVE music! Today I thought I would explain what music means to me. It's been a huge part of my life since I was very young. I remember wanting to grow up & be a singer since the time I was able to sing. My first experience of music that I can remember was at church. Every Sunday & Wednesday I would go & sing my little heart out to all the hymns. I joined the choir. I sang in the Christmas & Easter plays. I sang solos all the time at church. Aside from church, I also had a house that was filled with music. I think I know so many different kinds of songs now because of being surrounded by it. Usually, the TV was tuned to MTV (when they still played music videos a ton & TRL was a thing), VH1 (same reasons), & CMT (my parents listened to it more than I did). It's crazy the things that you can remeber from so long ago! Even though I don't personally listen to a lot of the songs I heard growing up, I can immediately name the song, artist, & lyrics. This is a skill according to my friends. Now that I'm older & able to appreciate music more, I love music even more than I did. It's now an outlet for me. I love finding new music & introducing others to new music. Whatever mood that I'm in, I can find a playlist for it. Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, & Pandora have made it easy for me to access a world of music. At church I can express my love for God through hymns & contemporary songs. Music to me is my passion. I can play saxophone, a little piano, & a little recorder, so my main way of expression of through singing. I love singing in my room, in the car, when hanging with friends, when I'm alone, sometimes in the shower, & a few times on YouTube. I feel like God gave me the gift of music for a reason. If I can use my musical ability to serve God, I'm all about it. I love the experience that I get from listening to music. I can listen to one song or artist a million times & get something different from it each time. It's like reading the Bible; I can read a verse or passage several times & each time is a new thing I get out of it. With music I get to figure out what I like & what I don't. I get to share it with others or keep it to myself. Through my love of music I've also gotten the opportunity to meet musicians that I otherwise would have never met if I hadn't branched out of my music box. I have gotten to go to some great concerts & festivals & meet artists who have connections to others. For example, I met The Great Commission back in high school, & a little while after that I found out that they were in Taylor Swift's music video "I Knew You Were Trouble". Recently, I also got to see Abe Parker,who I've known for almost 5 years, in concert, & he just so happened to be opening for Ben Rector. He's also previously played with Andy Grammer. It's awesome to see what God has done for me in regards to opportunities. I also have met friends who are so freaking talented that I can barely contain how excited I am to see them flourish in their music. My friend Mike Pennino, for example, is a freaking talented free-style Christian rapper. He can make up any rap on the spot & makes it flow no matter what. A few months ago, he was able to get into the recording studio & finally record tracks that he had written a while ago. I can't wait to see how God uses him with it! I have a ton of talented friends! It's God's little reminder of how much he's blessed me with music, even if it doesn't affect me personally. So what does music mean to me? Music, to me, is the reminder from God that He'll always be there with me through the music. Just as I always have music with me, I also always have God with me. It could be the sound of rain or a concert from one of my favorite bands. I want to do something with music in whatever I do with life, & I want to use it to glorify God. Maybe I won't be a popstar or a YouTube sensation, like I've always dreamt of. But I know that music has a special place in my life for a reason. Until that day I'll enjoy what musical abilities I have. That's what music means to me. What does it mean to you?

Live for God & Love for Music!
-Patience <3 =)