How to Find Your Music?

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Finding your genre of music is like going clothes shopping: some look nice at first but once you’ve tried something, it’s clear it’s not for you. This is your how-to guide on finding the right music for you. 

The first step is to find your genre which can be difficult with the huge amounts of music genres in the world. So, how do you filter out the genres that are not for you? Well, you could do this based on the mood you want to feel from the music, you could try pop music if you’re looking for that happiness through music, you want more energy? 

Dance music is the way to go, or do you want to be calm, then classical music can help you relax. Another way to find your genre is to find the speed of music you like which could be relaxing music which can point towards more R&B with this relaxing vibe that comes from these songs while songs that are more heavy or even upbeat are faster and encourage high energy could point to rap or grime. So, the questions you need to ask yourself when choosing music are what are the feelings you want when listening to music? What speed will help you get these feelings?

Once you’ve found the genre for you, discover your favourite song from the genre. Start this from the popular artists in the genre like Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter for the pop genre as both artists give a different take on musical style which will help to narrow down the type of music you like in your chosen genre. 

Choosing your first artist to follow is important as it helps you branch out to other artists through the collaborations in their music and will determine to type of concert you will go to eventually. 

Classical concerts are calmer and appreciate the music in a more sentimental way while heavy metal concerts have a lot more energy and are a louder environment. Remember you don’t have to settle on that one song forever, it’s just to get you started in your journey of discovering your music. 

What do you do now you have a genre and a song? Well, hopefully, the artist of your new chosen song can become your favourite musician, if not then don’t worry! Maybe someone the artist has made a song with will connect with you more so maybe try them if it doesn’t work out with the original artist. 

You can always change your favourite artist if you discover another artist later on that fits you better then that’s amazing and you’re further developing your music taste. Now you have all this information listen to the music, go to the concerts and buy merch. 

Finding new music is scary and can be confusing but now you’ve done it you can enjoy new adventures through music. Not only does it give you something to do, but introduces you to new people and a new community to connect with.