My Music Culture

Hello! My name is Anna Seebeck and I am double majoring in Psychology, and Child and Family studies at Converse College (now university). I currently live at home with my parents and I commute to class daily. Spartanburg has been my home my entire life, though I do plan on moving away once I finish college. My end goal in life is to be a psychology professor, as the ones that I have had at Converse have really helped me along my journey of college. Their consistent support has pushed me to hopefully do the same for other students in the future. Until then, I plan on working in the Animal Assisted Therapy community and doing some other things along the way. I am 21 years old and have never really been musically inclined. As a child, I was always drawing and this has continued to this day. A fun thing about me is that I have two beagles, named Koda and Summer, who are my babies.

 Even though I only have artistic abilities, I do love listening to music of all genres. These are a couple of examples of the music I love to listen to...

The first song is by the Driver Era. There is no true sentimental reasoning behind this one, I just absolutely love the beat and rhythm of it. This is one of the few songs that I always listen to and never skip when it comes on. It is also the one song that I frequently have to put on before I get to my destination while driving. To me, I find it soothing and calming when I am anxious, yet upbeat and lifting when I am down. Other than just this song, I love most alternative songs with a good beat.

This is another song, by the Brook & The Bluff, that I wanted to include because it is very upbeat and always makes me want to sing whenever it comes on. This song, along with the first one, is a song that I blast with the windows down while driving. An interesting part of this song is at minute 2:56 where there is a slight pause and then continue of the beat. When I originally listened to it, I thought that my phone had turned off the song. After listening to it a few times I not only got used to it, but it soon became my favorite part of the song.

 Other types of music that I love to listen to are different types of rock, especially 80's rock. 

Growing up, my dad always had a complete different taste in music than me. He listened to a lot of classical music and sole music. One of his favorite artists was a blind man named Andrea Bocelli, and my dad had cd's of his concerts that he would watch daily. This was my dad's favorite song on one of his albums and I remember him playing it for me every time I walked into him watching the concerts. It sort of became our song and we would play it on road trips when I had to travel for volleyball. In all honesty, this song often has made me emotional for some unknown reason and always gives me goosebumps.

This is The Prayer by Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion (skip to minute 1:40)

Lastly, a type of music I do not connect with is Dubstep/ EDM. I appreciate the talent of the people who create dubstep music, though I never could get into it. I have found one or two songs within that genre that I like, but I'm still trying to listen to more hopes to find others. Many people love this genre and enjoy going to raves, though I never enjoyed to consistent fast pace of the music.

Here is just an example of dubstep/EDM that many people around the world know