Music & Me

Hi I'm Alex Dwyer and I'm from Temple, Texas. Though I actually lived in Greenville, SC for ten years before I moved my senior year of high school. I used to do choir for six years, but I quit my sophomore year to do other things. I also attempted to learn classical guitar, but it's really hard when the neck is wider than my fingers can reach. I plan to major in Biochemistry and minor in Environmental Studies because I want to try and converse our planet, so it doesn't get destroy earlier than it should. I just all around love music and am almost always listening to it. Finally, I hope you find my music taste interesting. 

1. My go to music right now is a mix of two things. First, Is one of my favorite bands, Vampire Weekend! More specifically their album, Modern Vampires of the City.
   
     The song above is Unbelievers, my personally favorite from the album and the song that got into listening to Vampire Weekend.
    I have also been listening to Epic: The Musical, a musical concept about Homer's Odyssey. The newest saga came out last week and I can't stop listening to it! The musical itself isn't finished and there are still two other saga's that still have to be released and I'm eagerly waiting. This song is called Love in Paradise and it is full of callbacks from the previous sagas. Little musical motifs and reworkings of past lyrics. It's truly amazing!
2. A piece of music that is important it me is the song Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes. This song speaks to my soul like no song ever could. The very first time I listened to it I got chills and the only thing I could think of was where has this song been all my life. The whole album of the same name is a blend of autumnal and indie beats and existential lyrics that speak volumes to the human experience of belonging. The lyric, "What good its it to sing helplessness blues, why should I wait for anyone else?" Blew my mind away when I first listened to it. It got me thinking, I am in control of my own life. Why do I need to wait for people to recognize talents when I can barely recognize them myself?  There is no reason to feel bad about myself at others expenses. And the big one, I am not helpless! I am not completely in that mentality yet and who knows if I ever will be. I just have to keep pushing myself to get better and this song helps me continue to do that.
   
   
3. A song I don't really vibe with is Waling on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox. I truly don't have a real reason why I dislike this song so much; I just do. Maybe it's the piano that doesn't resonate with me or Annie's vocal performance but I just can't get into it. And the kicker is it's one of my mom's favorite songs, so it was always playing in the car. My mom actually has really good music taste, but this song in my opinion stuck out like a sore thumb. Though I actually do think that Annie Lennox has a really unique voice, this particularly song just doesn't do it for me.