Music evolution

SHOUT OUT to my friend Lexi for her inspirational blog post, which I am now shamefully ripping off. Her post was one of music nostalgia, and her time line of musical evolution got me thinking about myself, of course, and I decided to follow in her footsteps.

Era 1- Musical influence: my mother.
From birth until about the fourth grade, my only musical influence was my mommy. So, I spent most my time listening to "Anything you can do, I can do better" from Annie get your gun repeatedly. If I wasn't listening to that, I was probably listening to School House Rock, Disney movie soundtracks, or Feel Good Rock from the '60's. A favorite of mine was "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow. If I can figure out how, I will upload a video of 4 year old Hannah singing an a capella version in her sister's color guard dress. Priceless.

Era 2-Musical influence: Radio Disney.
From 4th to 6th grade I was listening to hits like Aaron Carter, 3LW, Dreamstreet, and others. Later on in this era, in my more mature years, I listened to masters such as Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Jojo, and Yellow Card. 

Era 3- Musical influence: My friends
This is the time in my life when I started to flourish. Through 7th and 8th grade, I would raid my friend's musical collections, then sift through and take what I thought was the best. A lot of it also came from searching my older brothers' iTunes. This left me listening to things like The All-American Rejects, Tenacious D, the Shins, Sum 41, Green Day, and Grease. I mixed this in with whatever pop culture told me to like, and called it good.

Era 4-Musical influence: Andy
At this point of my life, I basically just did whatever Andy told me to do. Which is, sadly, the best Era I've had up to this point. For all of 9th grade, I would just lay on the office floor while Andy listened to music, wait for him to get off, then put everything I had just heard on my iPod. I spent most of my time listening to the Format, Cake, Seve Vs Evan, Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, Weezer, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Andrew Bird, and others. This is also the point in my life where I listened to the Naked Brothers Band in excess (don't judge me!!). 

Era 5-The Dark ages
When Andy went to college, my musical dynasty came crumbling down. With him gone, and me having grown tired of my old collection, I turned to other sources for my musical inspiration. These included my friends, the radio, and other unreliable places. I spent my time listening to Varsity Fanclub, which I do not suggest you look up. It was a sad, sad time in my history.

Era 6-Musical renaissance
You know when you eat nothing but junk food for so long, you just want to die and never eat anything but salads ever again? I reached that point with terrible music. What did I do? Went back to the basics. During my Andy Music era, I got into "freak folk" or "Naturalisimo" music. Basically really hip indie music. As cool as you can get. So I submerged myself into the raw talent and hipsterness that is Joanna Newsom, Iron & Wine, CoCo Rosie, Greg Weeks, and others. I came out of this rejuvenated and ready to get back in the game.

Era 7-Musical influence varies.
I have reached a point in my life where I feel I have a balanced perspective. I listen to my Page France, my format, and my Julia Nunes to get my pop fixes. I have my Brand New and Saosin for my poserpunk moods. There's Jay-Z and Kanye when I desperately want to be black. My bright eyes when I'm sad, my Rocket Summer when I'm happy. Harry and the Potters for my Wizard rock cravings, Cake when I want to feel legit, Naked Brothers band when I want to feel like a kid again...I could go on an on. The point is, I do what I want.