The Different Worlds of Music.

I chose the first part.

     Nathaniel escapes using music. I have a similar method of de-stressing and getting away from temporary hardships in life. I turn to my guitar most of the time when I have to get away from any problems. Other times I turn to video games or the movies. America's pastime, the movies, let's time fly by while life moves on, but playing my guitar really calms me and relaxes my nerves.

     In the past I've looked towards playing my guitar to learn new songs and sway the girls into a serenade. Having my previous girlfriend listen to me play was the setting I needed to lure my thoughts into the world I created with music. I can play from minutes to hours on end. From Blues to Rock, Jazz to Pop, and even Classical, I find different genres to take my mind into several worlds.

     When I begin to strum my strings sometimes they sound a bit off, so I use an app on my phone called “GuitarTuna” that works just like a guitar tuner without the dreadful cost of a real one and works just as good. After a good tune-up I begin to play whatever comes into my mind. Usually, it’s a song called “Spanish Romance,” or just “Romance,” and is played mostly by picking the strings into a beautiful melody. It comes on to you as a dark melody at first, but transitions into a warm welcoming tune. Then, it ends by making you feel betrayed or beaten.

     After this song, I either decide to go more of a saddened approach or a more uplifting one. If I go towards the sadder approach, then I play “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton. This song was made to express a deep sorrow for a lost love. Although I don’t entirely empathize the feeling this deep song expresses, I sympathize the feeling of regret and sorrow Clapton shows. Throughout the whole song the guitar sounds emit strong feelings of sadness just like what the Blues genre sounds like. If I decide to lean towards a more uplifting approach, then I decide on “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Elvis Presley. This is a confession song if I do say so myself. I once played this song to the woman I loved, so I have a great empathy towards it. When I play this I feel taken away to a field of grass under a cool, shady tree and having a red polka dot cover laying perfectly on the ground. My initials engraved onto the friendly tree alongside my lover, serenating away at the heart of my one true love with our eyes gazing at each other like the answer to life is majestically shown.

     The songs I play on my guitar all have a memory of a world that I invent in my head. It takes me away to those special places. The songs by Jack Johnson have an earthly sense to them; the songs by Bruno Mars have, mostly, a love-struck touch to them; the songs by The Beatles give a wide assortment of feelings to them. Still, when I play time sometimes flies by and the things I need to do are left undone. Chores are left alone, homework is forgotten, and even friends are held up. When I snap back into reality I remember the things I needed to do and they don’t seem as bad anymore. Escaping the reality that one embraces often leads to stress and anxiety. It’s a good thing to find something to escape from it for a while and come back refreshed.