Music & Family

 For this blog I decided to interview my Aunt Sue! It was between her and my dad, but I ultimately chose my aunt. This gave me a chance to catch up with her and learn about her opinions and experiences with music. 

After we chatted for a little bit about college and how life in Michigan was, I jumped right into the questions. The first thing I asked her was how she got into playing the flute since I already knew she played an instrument. She told me that she started in the fifth grade and has continued on ever since. She actually is going to perform soon at her new job. She works at a middle school with my cousin Marissa, who's the band instructor. She said she was going to play in the winter concert as a part of the faculty section. Then I told her if I were ever to play an instrument It would be a flute and she found that exciting. Then I asked her if she had an instrument she wished she could play and she said piano. She said she had always wanted to learn when she was younger because then she would've had a better foundation for music. Next I asked her what her favorite artist was when she was my age and she said it was Prince. She didn't really give that much of an explanation, she just really liked his music. Something I learned about my aunt is that she LOVES Josh Groban! Like loves him. He is her current favorite artist and the artist she would listen to if she could only listen to one forever. So Josh Groban must make really good music then. I've never really listened to him before, but I'll have to take her word for it. She has also seen him in concert multiple times and I think recently she saw him in April. Then I asked her what her opinions on modern music are and she definitely had some opinions. For one she thinks the top 40 songs are pretty good, but not what she would choose to listen to. She is not the biggest fan of hip hop or rap music; she thinks the lyrics are too vulgar and overall doesn't understand the appeal. She also dislikes country music which is kinda understandable seeing as she has lived in the Midwest her whole life. That also ties into the genre of music she dislikes. However her favorite genre is alternative which is also my favorite so it was a nice bonding moment over call. Then I asked her how she listened to music when she was younger and she went through a list of ways from records to CDs. I was telling her how my dad had said that they only had one record player in the living room that they had to share when they were younger. She found that funny and said that she remembered that being true. I then asked her if she ever dabbled in making her own music and she said no. She just performs music given to her. And lastly I asked if her and my Uncle Eric had a special song. To which she said no, they never had a special song even back when they were dating. Which I don't blame them. As much as I love music having one song that's like "your" song is a little weird in my opinion and hers. 

Overall it was really nice talking with my aunt and I hope I can see her in person some time soon. It's been about two years since I've seen my dad's side of the family and it would be nice seeing them again. My aunt's pretty cool and I hope you found her opinions Interesting.   

Here's a Josh Groban song- You Raise Me Up