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30 July 2025

How I Got The Idea

When I was 10-15, my brother and I would listen to Michael Jackson, R.E.M., U2, REO Speedwagon, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, Tom petty, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, The Verve, Candlebox, Dave Matthew’s Band, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Stone Temple Pilots, Marilyn Manson, White Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, and later on when I was 15-18 Bush, Staind, and Linkin Park.

 

When I was in junior high and high school between 1995 and 2003, my friends and I would listen to Michael Jackson, R.E.M., U2, The Offspring, Tom Petty, Nirvana, Dave Matthew’s Band, Stone Temple Pilots, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Bush, Linkin Park, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine,  311, Trapt, Taproot, 3 doors down, Switchfoot, Our Lady Peace, Chevelle, Sevendust, the Beatles, Bob Marley.

 

When I was 28, I discovered Led Zeppelin and strictly listened to only them for about 2 years from 2018 to 2020.  I had the opportunity to be able to listen to all of their albums front to back in one session and realized they flowed out one album and into another quite well.  At the time I had a '93 Chevy truck that had a working tape deck still.  I recorded all the albums onto cassette tape and listened to them out of order at random, listening to a cassette for a few plays through before switching to the next one.  I realized the same thing.  It just flowed really well.  I also put super high quality files on my phone and listened to those on shuffle.  I realized the same thing.

 

In 2023, I discovered the ability to see music and feel it beyond what is normally meant when talking about feeling music.  My love for music grew even deeper and I started building up my music library with familiar artists that I hadn't heard in a while and shuffled through those for a time and gradually added more and more artists that met certain criteria which partially involved hearing it under certain conditions until I ended up with what it is today.

 

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