Me and My Music

Those who read this blog should know a little bit me, my CD collection and my musical tastes.
I was brought up in a household of music. My Dad ran a record store and my sister and I would spend our time there after school and on the weekends when we were small. Born at the end of the 70's my first memories were of the electronic sounds of the 1980's and the contrast with guitars and drums, along with some sounds of genres which (in my opinion) we don't hear enough in Europe anymore.

I'm pleased to say that I have a touch of blues in my music tastes and was exposed to R'n'B before it became the sound it is now referred to - not to my taste 99% of the time, but every now and again you will hear me humming along to some tunes.
I must have been about ten or eleven when acid house was in its conversion to mainstream and SAW acts were the charttoppers and boy did I love it all.
Unfortunately, being of a young age, I collected cassette tapes along with vinyl. I was the proud owner of Kylie Minogue's first four albums on tape, but along the way managed to pick up some of KLF's records on vinyl.... see where my taste is going.

A couple of years on and I picked up on my parents tastes of rock and rock and roll, but the new generation. I was a Guns and Roses fan, although it wasn't until Saturday 9th October, 2010 when I actually managed to see them live in concert for the first time, and I hope it won't be the last as despite Mr Rose's age, he really can put on a show.

So, where does that all bring me to now?

Nowadays I am a rock chick, with a love of cheesy pop, dance and so much more. Rock and metal are my first loves for the guitar riffs, but tacky pop in English or Spanish and I'll be there. Somehow I missed pop when I was younger, favouring Metallica for Take That, but credit where it's due as both bands are still going strong - although Take That only made my i-tunes list for their being included in a compilation, whereas classic Metallica always has its place guaranteed.

My two favourite albums of 2010 were most definitely El Pescao's "Nada logico" and Maldita Nerea's "No se lo digas a nadie", both rock with pop tones and some emotional stuff. Both Spanish and hope to hear lots more by both.

My surprise purchase of last year (for those who know me was a double Buddy Holly CD which I found on a trip to the UK for the ridiculously cheap price of four pounds. How the genius of Buddy Holly can be reduced to such little, I don't know. Neither am I complaining as he now sits in my CD collection along with Avril Lavigne (full collection), S Club, 3 Doors Down, the Chilli Peppers, Jeff Buckley (an ever increasing collection as I rediscover his incredible sounds and mourn his loss to the music world) and Linkin Park....

So that is me.

I am the first to admit that with my varied tastes I may not be the best person for a music critic, however, from a young age the roots were there for caring for music. None of my vinyl is scratched and I still own a record player, albeit in another country waiting to be transported back to me.

Let the blog begin...