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A Rather Diverse Playlist (At Least I Think So)

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So, over the course of these blogs, I've gone over quite a few different types and genres of music. Of course, here will be no exception as I have plenty more to share. However, I suppose the difference here is that I would be covering the more niche pieces of music in my playlist, stuff I don't think many (at least here in the States) would listen to. That being said, I would like to start off in Japan with a musical genre known as "vocaloid." It's not everyone's cup of tea, which is understandable given that this genre separates itself from others using synthesized vocals and rather cutesy or energetic characters attached to said voices. Of course, there are actual voices behind each character, but the real stars are the characters attached. Vocaloids have become a huge part of modern-day Japan's music, so much so that there are whole concerts revolving around these fictional characters. That being said, most of today's generation may be familiar wit...

Family and a Touch of Music

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Quick little disclaimer before getting into the blog:  I'm not attacking either of my parents, more specifically my mother, in this blog, so please don't think that. Music is a big part of my life, some of you may know from my last blog or some of my other blogs. If not, welcome, tl;dr for my previous blogs, music is huge and listening to it is usually a daily ritual for me. Of course, for those who have seen my previous blogs, I'm sure you get the general gist of my taste in music. It's pretty expansive, give or take, since I listen to just about anything and everything to an extent. But I don't get this sort of music taste from nowhere and no, it wasn't some weird self-discovery that happened because I left the house. In fact, my diverse taste in music comes from both of my parents and my love for it, my father. So first, let me give a "quick" biography, starting with my mother, and no, I'm not giving names, but you will get to see faces! Back to...

Day-to-Day Shenanigans

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While I may not have been to much in the way of funerals and weddings, I have had quite the experience with music in a somewhat ritualistic sense. Now, of course most of us have listened to music around the holidays, my condolences to those who work in retail... I'm sure Mariah Carey is ingrained in your skulls. All jokes aside, I tend to listen to certain songs only under certain circumstances, whether it be mood, events (such as gatherings), holidays, and then some. I'll start with holidays first, as festive music, and not just in the Christmas sense, isn't something I'm particularly fond of. Now before the torches and pitchforks come out, there's nothing wrong with Christmas music or Halloween music, or whatever other festive music there is, I just don't really care for the over-played songs such as, yet again, Mariah Carey's, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" or another one that I'm sure a lot may know is Bobby Pickett's, "Monster ...

Welcome to the Cozy Corner!

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Hello peoples! I am Keiana, or "Wolf" as I am known as on any media platform.  I am majoring in Art Therapy, which for those who don't know what that is, it's well, therapy in the form of art, any art... but not music, music therapy is already a thing itself. Next question, since I get asked this a lot, I decided on this as my major for more personalized reasons, nothing like money or travel, just a want to help people get down their feelings and understand them if need be. I may not be versed in playing instruments, but I've been learning how to play the acoustic guitar and want to learn and play the ocarina. I'm a Legend of Zelda fan lol, specifically Ocarina of Time (surprise surprise lol) with my second on the list either being Majora's Mask or Breath of the Wild. Decided this needed a whole section to itself, but I love video games, I mean, yeah, fun games, but also because of the music in them. One of my favorite examples is the Dark Souls franchise,...