"Music is my Life." "Then what else is there?"

Recently, I've noticed that a significant number of my new freshman friends and even some of my old friends will use the phrase...

"Music is my Life."

And I think, "Then what else is there? As in, what the hell else do you while living?" A lot of these people you can tell who they are...

When they walk to class...got headphones in, blastin music.

When they are waiting for things...got headphones in, blastin music.

When they are bored while doing something...got headphones in, blastin music.

When they are studying in the room...gotta have some sort of music playing.

When there is nothing going on in the room...gotta have some sort of music playing.

One of my best friends is one of these people...and I asked him. "Why?"

He said, "Because I like to add a soundtrack to my life."

And I think...Life, nature, the very Ball State environment is a huge cacophony of sound that we tune into every day.

Whether it is Happy Friday Day Guy greeting you with a "Happy Friday," or a strange jeans company shouting through a megaphone to coax people into following them on Twitter...Ball State has a soundtrack.

If Music is organized sound and Ball State & its inhabitants assemble and make unconscious noise through being involved at Ball State...then music is all around you.

However, if you don't take off your headphones, you won't hear or notice the music that could lead to "free jeans" or a "free hug."