If I have to choose one thing that I'm passionate about, then I would have to choose music. Ever since I bought my first CD 10 years ago, it has permeated me in every way I can possibly think

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        If I have to choose one thing that I’m passionate about, then I would have to choose music.  Ever since I bought my first CD 10 years ago, it has permeated me in every way I can possibly think.  After that first experience, I quickly dived into my own sister’s extensive music collection to catch up on all I’ve been missing out on.  Everything about it just appealed to me in ways I never thought possible.

        My passion for music comes in two forms.  The first form is listening to it.  Listening affects me in so many ways.  In some ways, it will energize me, especially after concerts.  After the last show I went to, Darkest Hour, I found myself yelling in excitement every so often in my car on the way home.  I just felt like I could take on the world and go running for ten miles.  It’s such an amazing rush.  This I usually get from my more hardcore taste in metal and rock.  It’s like pure adrenalin.  

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        Another way music is so passionate to me is in it’s ability to let me escape from myself for an average of six minutes of a time.  For example, there is this song by the band Tool, called Third Eye.  The emotion I feel in this song is so astronomical to me.  The intricacies of the guitar with the rhythmic drums, in addition to the lyrics and the voice of the singer, just whisks me away every time to another place that lays inside the music.  I can just shut my eyes and see myself somewhere else in a complete ...

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