Me As A Consumer Of Music

I listen to music for most of my day; when getting ready in the morning, walking to and from school, and have it playing for the rest of the evening if I'm at home. I mainly use Spotify to stream music from my phone and laptop, but when there's a lesser-known artist that don't have their songs on there I use Youtube - or whatever website they’ve published their music on (like Bandcamp or Soundcloud). I rarely pay for music as I stream most of what I listen to, but I will occasionally buy a physical copy of an album to support the artist. 

The genres I listen to vary, but I'll either be listening to indie artists like Neon Indian and Florence + The Machine, or unique rap artists like Tyler, The Creator and Kendrick Lamar. Asides from the instrumentals, these artists often tend to tell really interesting stories in their songs; Florence bases most of her lyrics on mythology and creates fantasy settings within her albums, Tyler and Kendrick use different personas to express themselves (but this is more noticeable in Tyler), and... Neon Indian just has a very creative 80s aesthetic. I love the visuals used in each of their music videos and the overall characters they create for themselves, and if anything I listen to these artists more than others because of the stories they all tell and worlds they create throughout their music. 

These same reasons also apply to Gorillaz, but there is a deeper connection with that band too. I was brought up with alternative artists but found the band interesting and became a massive fan of them when I was like 10 because, well, they're a cartoon band. They told a distinct story of the members through animated music videos, arriving somewhere different with each album - especially in Plastic Beach. 

I personally think Country music is horrible, and to me most of the songs sound cheap and tacky. I'm not the biggest fan of heavy metal or any aggressive rock, and don't listen to the charts either, but I’m neutral to these genres.