5, 10, 15, 20

At five years old I only listened to the Barney theme song and children’s church songs like, “Jesus Loves Me.” My parents didn’t allow me to watch Disney movies at that age so I didn’t even get to experience the Lion King music or the Little Mermaid songs. It was only until I reached the age of ten that I was exposed to this music because I had made friends and went to school where I was influenced by other kids my age. Finally at ten, I listened to soundtracks, like Lion King and Kim Possible. I also remember listening to Nsync, Britney Spears, Shania Twain and a little bit of Avril Lavigne because this is what the kids at school were listening to. By 15 I had my own ipod and the internet and radio were easily accessible. I rode around in the car a lot to my after-school activities and so I’d listen to the radio everywhere I went. My favorite radio station to listen to in the car was also the station that aired the show, American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest. So at 15 I was main-stream and only liked and listened to the most popular songs and hit singles. But around 17 and now, I realized that the American Top 40 was not the only music out there. So I began searching for other music. When I did so my taste in music changed. I used to like rap, hip-hop and R&B when I was 15 but now I prefer artists like Jason Mraz, Andy Grammer, Train, Shane Harper and Regina Spektor.