: About Me

I am a student studying counseling who is currently interning as a drug and alcohol counselor. I love to listen, discuss, and write about music.

My passion is ...

My passion is music and writing...usually about music.

I know too much about ...

I know too much about who played in what band when.

My parents always told me ...

My parents always told me to just do my best.

My childhood ambition ...

Honestly, my childhood ambition was to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

My favorite memory is the first date with my wife.

Why I write ...

I write because I enjoy to do so.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Unfortunately, I am reading a lot of textbooks currently. I watch a lot of Discovery Channel. I am currently listening to everything (thank you i-pod!).

My first job ...

My first job was a dishwasher at Red Robin...many years ago.

My inspiration ...

My inspiration is my wife and our new baby.

Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes Defending heavy metal music: It's not just screaming

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Metalheads unite! A casual observer may turn to this topic and expect the article to be filled with profanity laced rants and nonsence arguments that continuously end with the word, "dude." Yet, here lies a volume of articles written by talented writers who are emotionally driven to defend their love of music that has been labeled as violent and hateful. For just about twenty years, I have been a fan of metal music. This is encompassing many of the subgenres that exist within metal. It seems that just about all of these years have been spent to some degree explaining how I could enjoy such...

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