I'm Addicted To Music

This is the first blog I have done in a long time, I've been busy, but that's not a excuse. I had a realisation today, not one of those like meaning of life things, but just one of those general things that look you in the face everyday.

When we were young, we promise our parents that we won't take drugs or take things off strangers. Now friends this is a blatant lie, as i see it. Most teenagers will at least try drugs or have been around drugs at sometime in their lives, something I have observed through just life experience. I mean Alcohol is technically a drug, so you could offer up that excuse. But no I'm talking about illegal recreation drugs, such as cannabis (bill hicks will explain). I digress however, because this is not the point of this post.

I realised a couple of years ago (before I started using recreation drugs may I add) that I was addicted to music. I mean I would do anything to get my fix of new music. Not to the extent that I would steal from an old lady to pay for an album from hudsons, but did do the 'omg' dreaded sin that is using limewire. This soon became my downfall, as it fucked up my computer with various viruses. However back to my point, more recently (in the past year) I've had a shift in my music taste from Rock to Dance music (that would be putting it simply) So thus with this shift, I have had to download, steal (from friends, so not so bad) and generally accumulate music left, right and centre.

I'm addicted to music, very addicted. I will sit on my computer for hours, searching for new things to listen to, does that make me a hopeless addict, yes probably. But the joy I get out of it is more than any physically/mentally altering drug can ever give me. I will stand against club speakers and let the bass surround me, this is probably very unadvisable for the health of my ears, but to be honest I don't care. I've found something that makes me happy (not as much as photography, i'll admit, but pretty damn close). It's why I've taken up DJ-ing as a hobby, i'm not very good at the moment, but hopefully with practice, other people will enjoy the music i'm addicted to as well.

So I'll leave you with the music I've been listening to recently, plus a few quotes, for reflection.

MT ...

Bar 9 - Shaolin Style (Nero Remix)

Music is what feelings sound like - Author Unknown

If I want drugs, I don't have to do a gig to get them. I do a gig when I feel shit, because I need to be playing. There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music - Pete Doherty

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley