I never had a reoccurring dream, nor do I often dream because I do not sleep long enough to reach that dream stage (some of the side effects of procrastination). But one unconscious experience is my attraction to the low frequency sounds of bass drums and my obsession with “dope ass beats.”
I mean, every time I am exposed to a new song with a “dope ass beat” I get really excited, LIKE REALLY EXCITED. I really enjoy listening to the loud hard kick of a bass drum through subwoofers which really amplifies the quality of the sound. One time, I was at Best Buy and someone was testing out the sound systems and turned the music up really loud. This happened on the opposite side of the store, however, I found myself slowly drifting toward the loud music. In fact, right after I bought my car, the first and only thing that came into mind was installing a new sound system. The first things I purchased for my car was a 12 inch Rockford Fosgate Subwoofer and an amplifier and the only thing I asked from my girlfriend for my birthday was to buy me a new stereo deck (one that had iPod capabilities, a touch screen, navigation, Bluetooth, etc). The instant it came in the mail was the time I rushed to Best Buy’s Geek Squad to get it installed. Yes, I am one of those people who blast their car stereo really loud with the windows rolled down with the bass turned up and I do not even care!
You might see me with those really big head phones around my ears. These particular headphones were designed by Dr. Dre, called Beats. The reason why I have them even though they were so expensive was because the quality they produced was AMAZING. It has a built in subwoofer and is noise canceling which makes the songs crystal clear. The first time I tried them on I could not stop dreaming about them. I just HAD to get them.
I never really questioned myself WHY because I was unaware of this obsession of music and beats. I realized that the mainstream artists that I really love to listen to and are constantly inspired by, for example, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Bruno Mars, are producers of their own music (they make their own beats and write their own lyrics.)
It’s amazing how much impact this unconscious experience has on my life. Ever since I was younger I created my own beats whether it was on some beat making program on the computer, my hands banging on a table, or beat boxing. Up until now making beats is still a hobby. I don’t really know what the cause of this unconscious experience is but I think it might have something to do with my dad and how he used to beat box to me when I was a baby just to get me to dance. Maybe I make beats because it reminds me of him and how much I miss him?
