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Music and Family

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For my interview with family and traditions, I decided to survey both my mom and dad about their experiences with music and how they grew up with music. The questions that will be asked for both my mom and dad will be the following: What was your first musical experience that you vividly remember? What musical instrument did you play, if you did? What was the first-ever concert that you remember going to? What is your favorite song? What is your least favorite song? Mom We will first start with my mom. During this part of time, 1978 to be exact, my mom was six years old at the time, would always go with her father to go with him to take scuba diving lessons in While her father was diving and learning, my mom would start listening to Little River Band, during that time. And this would be all the time, too. No matter what happened, she would just play Little River Band over and over again, which became her first ever musical experience that she could remember. In 1983, my mom started to ...

Music and Traditions

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 Music in my life has always been a part of me. From when I was younger, I always remembered most of the songs I would listen to together with my parents as well. Those memories, in my opinion, make music a work of art. Music always and no matter what, brings us closer than ever, especially with building connections with others too. But music in total always held memories and different feelings with my family and me. I remember when I was around probably 5 years old at the time, going to kindergarten. I would be in the car with my mom in the mornings. Even just thinking about it, I could still smell my mom's warm coffee, as well as the buttered toast, as we were driving in the dark, foggy mornings. I would be in the back seat of the car, and the only thing I would hear would be the music from my mom's playlist in the car. Some I could remember my mom playing in the car were "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" by John Mayer, "Low" by Flo Rida, and "Just the ...