What does music mean to you?

As a child, dad always played music especially late into the night. We listened as children, dance most of the nights away, and drown in the rhythm and beats. Without realizing it meant a lot to him more.

Every night, dad will always sit in the corner and explain each lyric for me. I came to appreciate music because he did. I began to pay attention to music because he did.

Every lyric meant something, so I stop listening and dancing to the tune for listening sake, I tried to understand the songwriter. I wondered what each line meant to him. What kind of circumstances warranted such lyrics.

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My Mum, the love of my life

If mum loves singing out loud to a particular song, I paid attention. If dad taps his feet to any, I paid attention.

At some point, when we didn't have access to Google yet, dad will always play any song and sit with us, pausing at intervals just to write the lyrics for us to learn.

We were stressing him that much because we wanted to sing along the way he did.

My neighbor plays music and I sing along, he is usually taken aback because the songs he plays are oldies, and I always seem to know how to sing all of them

Dad taught me.

We had lots of music CDs, he bought music CD's the way I buy Pepsi and bread (I buy lots of these). It's the internet that stopped him from buying, even though he still does. Oh, and the fact that our phones can have as many songs as we want also made him stop buying.

He still buys, so he can play with his stereo, loud enough to have him listen while he is working.

I love music. I know lots of songs. I can sing as many as I want. I am talking about all sorts of music with no discrimination to genres.

My family is a mini-choir, dad, mum, my two brothers, my sister, and I. Dad loves Mum's voice so much, I hear him compliment her now and then. Most times, he will raise a song and asked her to sing along because of the blend in harmony.

And she sings with passion, you could feel it as the sounds vibrate through the core of her lungs, then, watch her close her eyes in melody.

I love listening to her sing, "Take a message to Mary" by the Everly Brothers.

Take a message to Mary

I am always close to tears when she is done singing. I don't why, but she sings as though she is the character in that song, and she can feel the pains, hurts, and despair of both Mary and his lover

I had to learn the lyrics of this particular song because I heard her sing everything from the beginning to the end.

Dad made me begin to learn most of Timaya's songs. The music he did brings the horror of the government to our doorstep. The poverty, hunger, famine, and suffering of the peasants were heart-touching.

Dem Mama, Timaya

The destruction of ODI was the most heartbreaking of them all. The massacre that took place in Bayelsa,20th November, 1999, I do not think can be compared to the one that happened on the 20th of October 2020, during the Endsars protest.

I learned Lucky Dube's songs after dad gave us the news of his death one morning.

Lucky Dube's greatest hits

Dad likes his songs more, but, I didn't pay attention much until his death(may his soul rest in peace)

I can't even mention music and forget folks like Fela Kuti, our charismatic music performer.

Fela Kuti, the carrier of death in his pouch

The man who carries death in his pouch. He was popular even though the ruling government frown upon his music. Dad was a fan too.

With my siblings, we learned Pop songs together. It started when I came home from school with the Cartoon, "The Lion King".

He lives in you, The Lion King

The soundtracks in this cartoon were amazing. This was how we got initiated into Pop songs.

We made mum buy us as many cartoons as possible with the hopes that we will have access to more songs. And we did. We wrote every song that resonates with us down, and practice the lyrics every night till we mastered them.

Oh, by the way, my voice sounds more cartonick(I don't even know if this is a word)....you can't blame me, practice makes perfect they say.

From here, we proceeded to other songs, as long as they have meaning, we do not care. We learned them with no hesitation

I am the one who moved into more adult songs when l left my church Choir. I didn't know mum was paying attention until one day, we were home, and the song, Chandelier by Sia was played on Radio.

Chandelier, Sia

I heard my mum tell my junior brother "that is the kind of song that Edy, your sister, likes.... what?? I was surprised

There is so much about music I would love to share with you, but I'll leave you to imagine the rest.

Mum is my music role model, did I mention, she sings with so much passion? please, permit me to mention it again.

But dad is the instigator of every musical love that was created in my bones, ribs, lungs, and heart.

I have been lucky to have both of my parents. They are at the core of everything that I have become.


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I'm glad to meet a fellow music lover here. Your dad must have been a strong lover of music. From your Story, i sense that you were very close to your dad.
I do have a strong feeling in have met you on another platform, or maybe it's just a coincidence of name.


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I'm glad to meet a fellow music lover here.

Awwwnnnn..... You are a fan too?

Your dad must have been a strong lover of music.

Yes, he is

From your Story, i sense that you were very close to your dad.

Yes, I am

I do have a strong feeling in have met you on another platform, or maybe it's just a coincidence of name.

Yes, you have met me in other platforms, my pen name is Edy Stringz, so I use this name in any platform that I write on

You're from Uptrennd, right?


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Big fan here. Most people say I'm addicted to music, and i totally agree with them.
Lol yeah i was on uptrennd. Its great to meet you here.


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Big fan here. Most people say I'm addicted to music, and i totally agree with them.

That's cool... Really cool

Lol yeah i was on uptrennd. Its great to meet you here.

Hey, it's good to have you here... Welcome to Hive, buddy


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Thanks A lot for your warm welcome. I really hope i can count on you for some guidelines on how things work here


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-You are truly a music lover, and so much fun because your family is a music lover too. Well all the music were great! Each has its own message! I could imagine how your family singing together and enjoying all of it as your bonding moments hehe!! I loved the post and I came to visit the awesome post vi @dreemport.

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Growing up in a home where my parents are also keen about music, I can totally relate to this. To be honest, I think I'm a demihuman (just made it up, hehehe) and Music makes up my other half.
Today, even until this very moment of typing this comment, I've been playing oldies from Tommy James and the Shondells, The Corrs and Hilary Duff. Yes, I'm a sucker for music, especially one that injects me with nostalgia of my childhood


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Music has been my lover and will always be.. I have always loved listening to reggae and blues...

Most Nigerian parents (fathers) loves and know how to sing old reggae songs.. Like of lucky dube, Bob marley, Don Carlos, Peter tosh, Buju blanton and many more...

These names I mentioned were my dad's favourite and he made me got addicted to reggae... Just like you said

I began to pay attention to music because he did.every lyric meant something, so I stop listening and dancing to the tune for listening sake, I tried to understand the songwriter. I wondered what each line meant to him. What kind of circumstances warranted such lyrics.

Very true, i noticed that most times the reggae songs tells a lot of story and potrays a lot, I got a book they do sell then where you will find songs and their respective lyrics and I was learning the ones he always sings so I can sing along with him..

It was really lovely and it's still lovely, my mum loves worship songs, and that's what she always sinv..
I don't always pay much attention to it then because I could even sing the song in my dreams, the lyrics are so easy and always repetitive..

Now I found my own genre of music but it didn't stop me from listening and enjoying others..


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Music has been my lover and will always be.. I have always loved listening to reggae and blues...

Can you give me an example of each of the genre of music you like and probably add a YouTube video for me to listen and enjoy? ☺️

I got a book they do sell then where you will find songs and their respective lyrics and I was learning the ones he always sings so I can sing along with him..

Oh no, I forgot this part, we usually did this too.

It's only that those books get stolen and we had to keep buying more

The internet came to our rescue though

Now I found my own genre of music but it didn't stop me from listening and enjoying others..

Really? Which one?

It was really lovely and it's still lovely, my mum loves worship songs, and that's what she always sinv..

Mummy loves God, I can feel it 😊


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Mummy loves God but I was addicted to reggae especially Don Carlos and Gold...

Can you give me an example of each of the genre of music you like and probably add a YouTube video for me to listen and enjoy? ☺️

If I have to post all here then the community won't contain, my type of music is hip hop and afro pop...

Okay try listening to Roddy ricch songs on audiomack and also check out Don Carlos below is the link..

https://audiomack.com/greenz-maxville/song/music-crave-1


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