This is my first blog post regarding music. Just a little background. I have always loved music. Primarily heavy metal. Every since I was young. I grew up with Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Motley Crue, etc.
I also like Country music. When I was younger I really liked Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr., and many other country artists. There have been times in my like when I leaned more toward country than metal.
I do like many of today’s artists. I seek out and find metal artists, many from other countries around the world and I will talk about them and what they mean to me and metal in general. I also like a lot of the newer country. Especially the cross over stuff. Many of them are mixing metal and country and really like that. I will talk about some of those as well.
For my workouts, I listed to primarily heavy music. It gets me fired up and going. I do the same when I run. It is hard to explain what music does to me when I am working out or running. There have been songs that came on during a run, for example, that literally gave me chills. Something about getting into another state of mind fully immersed in the music while getting after it.
Heavy music while exercising helps me get aggression out. I, like many others, have demons. Mistakes I’ve made, regrets, and also daily struggles today that I need to work through. When I couple music with exercise, it helps me fight off those demons. It keeps me grounded in the work of the day. The daily grind. All of this sets me up for a great day.
I will write more and more about my music, the feelings I get, the various artists and what I hear in their music. I can hear and feel many of their own demons and aggressions in the music. I can only imagine what many of them have been through and are going through. We all have our own ways of dealing with pain, anger, frustration. I am writing about the ways in which I conquer the world every day. More to come. Until next time, keep working and fighting.