Chasing Amie: 12 Songs That Taught Me Something

Note to 13-year-old self: That E.T. shirt rules, but never get a perm ever again. It will make your life SUCK.

As I’m sure everyone who’s ever attempted such a thing will tell you, picking out songs to compose your musical autobiography is an excruciating, maddening task. Thus when all of us hearingade contributors were asked to pick a mix of songs that define who we are, I panicked. “How do I approach this?” and “How in the hell do I even begin to pick songs?” quickly became “ARRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!” *headslammingintodesk*

But, I powered through, for Abby. Dear, sweet, lovable Abby (who somehow thinks I’m worthy of writing for her site. what.).

So I present to you 12 songs that are important to me because they represent times when I learned some harder-than-shit life lessons. Songs that I can always listen to and remember how the proverbial DUH smacked me in the head and told me it was gonna be okay, and that my life would actually not suck forever. And it’s true, I am (now) far from suckage. In fact, my life is pretty damn great…you know, except for that whole “seeking approval from people who might actually read my writing” thing.

 Chasing Amie: 12 Songs that Taught me Something
Download this Mix on ITunes - or, listen on Spotify.

“Working Title” by Arlo

Was it overwhelming? Looking to the past? When I finally found out, our team had come in last.

“Why Can’t I Be You” by The Cure

I’ll run around in circles ’til I run out of breath, I’ll eat you all up, or I’ll just hug you to death. 

A proper introduction

Hi! I’m Abby Holmes or, as I’m known on the Internet, abbytron.

You may remember me from such blogs as Radio Free Chicago, Give It a Spin, Another Festive Compromise and Indie College.

This is my first very own WordPress blog, so bear with me as I get it going. I hope to use this space (in addition to all the other places I write) to write about music, including news, reviews and making sweet mixes for y’all.

I keep up with new music in all of my favorite places: Facebook, Twitter and Bandcamp, not to mention all the other places it happens to appear. Music is pretty much the thing I think about most of the time. Some may say I “just can’t get enough.”

I’m about to have a lot of time on my hands, so hopefully that time will be an opportunity for me to focus more on said obsession. My goal, or “mission statement,” is to do my part in making sure the whole world can know about the amazing music they may be missing out on. Simple as that. I just want you to know it. I want you hear it. I want you to love it.

This is why I’ve named the blog “hearingade.” Because fortunately, life didn’t give me those figurative lemons. It gave me ears. And with those ears, I am able to experience one of the most amazing things in the world. This is hearingade, where you can drink up all the musical wonders available to you.

I sure hope you’re thirsty, because there’s plenty to go around.