My Music

Thinking about the music video I will soon be planning and filming, I have started asking myself key questions to approach the task. 

What is my favourite genre of music?

I have very varied tastes of music as and absolute music lover. I guess that my favourite genre of all time is rock, though I always appreciate good indie, jazz bands and soundtracks both from movies and musicals. Ballads are sometimes very nice. 

Who are my favourite artists/bands?

I mainly listen to British bands from the past and present. Some examples of the artists I most listen to are Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, The Beatles, The Kinks and Belle & Sebastian. However, I also enjoy Spanish —Alaska, Loquillo, Mecano—, Italian —Renato Carosone, Toto Cutugno— and French —Edith Piaf, The Wriggles, Carla Bruni—music from time to time, I absolutely love Russian American singer and songwriter Regina Spektor.

I own most of the albums of all of these artists, even their vinyls, because of my shared passion with my dad, who is a collector.

What do I like about them?

I love the energy they transmit me. Among them I can find exactly what I need depending on my mood, in terms of instruments, rythm and the tone of the song. Nevertheless, I most appreciate the individuality of all the artists I praise —that's way some of the mentioned ones have lost part of their appeal to me over the years as they have become massively industrialised—.

How did I find about them?

To be honest, most of the artists I know of have been introduced to me by my dad due to our similar taste. However, I discover many new songs every day thanks to Shazam and I am constantly exploring to find new alternatives.

Have I ever seen them live?

The problem with my music taste is that the majority of the artists I love are dead. As a consequence, I have only had the opportunity to see Muse live, which was good enough. However, I still feel that there's nothing like listening to music on one's own, with the ability to think properly.

What are my thoughts about their music videos? And webpage?

I am not a big fan of watching music videos or browsing the official pages of my favourite bands because I believe that their music is good enough; it doesn't need any additives. Also, I usually don't appreciate them much because their image is a bit outdated in most cases. Electronic music artists, rappers and the rest of truly contemporary musicians usually handle social media and audiovisual approaches so much better because this is part of their generation and comes hand in hand with the type of music and the culture around it.

What do I think about the ideology of my artists?

Most of my artists don't have any political or philosophical purposes, they just make music because they feel the need and I take this as a life lesson. Doing things in the moment just for our enjoyment and being able to share them with others and make them happy as well is an objective that works for me. I am also a natural writer and I write about life, about people, just like all of these musicians.

Let me leave you with a couple of my favourite songs... You'll see that most of them don't even have music videos, but just listen to them.

This last one will hopefully make your day better.