So, it should be well known that I am a music fan. Which is somewhat an understatement but none the less...
The way it touches and stirs me inside. So much so that those who know me best can read me by the tone and energey of my playlist. Even more so I can be moved to change by my playlist. If I am in a mood I want out of I can prescribe musical medicine for myself. If I have no mood I can pick one from the mp3 archive I have and let flow. I understand I am not the only who can do this but I haven't met many who share my variety or extreames in tase. I, by design, have been a creature of change. As music has always been a key to my inner workings the tastes have changed greatly over the years and has yet to settle completely. The best thing? It's all retained. Though the analogy is a double edged one it is much like the creation of a several story tower. Such a building, in construction, is started at the bottom and is built upward piece by piece, layer by layer. It is true I dont often visit my foundation or the lower floors now, but that doesn't mean I have removed them. They are for better or worse part of my makeup or the makeup of this building. Over the years I have tasted and loved many styles;
(In order excluding the small ones like classical interests.)
70-80 R&B
Radio Play Top Ten (early pop)
80's Rock
Metal
Death Metal
Grunge
Horror Core
Hard Core Rap (Gangster Rap)
Hip Hop
Punk
90's R&B
Foreign
Ambient
Radio Play Top 100 (early 2000')
Techno (all varieties of electronica)
Christian Rock
Contemporary Christian
Trip-Hop
The last four on the list are still extreamly active. At each interval the music spoke to me and moved me. Though, as you can see, their was a long period where I touched on a darker view of things it was an itergral part of who I am. Even today, depending on the context and the group, I can appreciate the feel of the music and perhaps even the context but it is extreamly rare I revisit those foundations if ever. Having gained a bunch of web space to clog up I wanted to share some of the more recent and appropriate muscial styles. That being said...
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Rachel Lampa
Andrew Peterson
Chevelle
Lincoln Brewster
The Benjamin Gate
These are five very different styles of Christian Music and all are fairly current. If you liked these I suggest you head to the TSQ Forums to try the others listed in the music section. Their are a ton of them.

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