Myles Tanzer - Music Is My Life: Soundtrack Your Mood with 80 Artists for Every Occasion

A lot of the time when were asked that question we say good or bad, but we all know it can be a lot more complicated than that. Most times were feeling a few things at once besides just happy and sad. You can feel surprised, peaceful, scared, or about a billion other things, too. Fortunately theres always music to match any mood you can think of.

Music is super powerful and can help change your mood. When youre feeling good, an artist you love can make you feel even better, and when youre not doing so great, the right song can either bring you out of that mood or help you figure out why youre feeling that way. Want to just be alone for a bit? Theres nothing more comforting than snuggling into a quiet corner with your headphones and your favorite album. But if you want to have a party and dance with all of your friends, you can do that too.

Music might be the thing that brings your friends together in the first place or what helps you make new ones. If youre lonely, your music can be there for you like an old friend. It connects people and lets us understand what other people are going through even if weve never experienced it before.

Your taste in music is something that makes you unique, like the way you talk or look. This book was made to help you find more artists. With a big music library of your own, you can find out more about yourself and get through any moods and challenges in your life. At the very least, youll pick up on some new artists youve probably never heard about. Youll also be able to know what music to put on for every type of situation, making you the DJ of your own life and everyones around you.

This is just the start of your musical journey. Use these suggestions as a way to discover what you really like. The things that sound good to you today might not sound that good to you tomorrow. As long as you keep your ears and mind open, youll be a music genius in no time at all.

Myles Tanzer

WHEN YOURE FEELING SAD, HEARTBROKEN, BLUE, OR LOST,

TO UNDERSTAND LANA DEL REY, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO HER BIGGEST SONG TO DATE, SUMMERTIME SADNESS. ITS A SONG ABOUT SAYING GOODBYE TO A LOVED ONE, WHICH IS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH.

LANA DEL REY

BORN: June 21, 1985

HOMETOWN: Lake Placid, New York

ALBUMS SOLD: 30 million

AWARDS WON: 2 BRIT Awards

But the unique thing about Lana Del Rey is that shes able to take her emotions and blow them up into fireworks. Summertime Sadness is a big, epic ballad that makes life seem pretty dazzling even in its saddest moments. Being sad is hard, but songs like Lana Del Reys make you remember feeling down is okayeven when its sunny out!and that it can lead to big breakthroughs. On early songs like YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL and VIDEO GAMES , she captures this too, never being shy of big feelings. In her music videosbig, glitzy productions that seem fantasticalshe captures all the beauty and the glory of being sad.

Most of her songs are super slow, very sad songs about love and fame. Sometimes music can help you understand yourself, and other times, it will take you places youve never been before. Listening to Lana Del Rey songs can make you feel like youre the star of a black-and-white movie where everything has gone wrong. Sometimes thats just the music you need to hear to make you feel like your problems arent so wild after all.

Still, Lana knows that life isnt all bad. On her 2017 album Lust for Life, she had a much rosier view of the world, especially on its first single LOVE. Its all about being young and in love, with lots of soaring strings that make your heart jump out of your chest. As the singer told her idol Stevie Nicks in an interview that year, Love makes the world go round. Even the saddest artists in the world recognize the power of love, and thats why she chose to put Love before any other songs on the album.

AMY WINEHOUSES STORY IS ONE OF THE SADDEST STORIES IN MUSIC HISTORY.

AMY WINEHOUSE

BORN: September 14, 1983

HOMETOWN: London, England

BONUS FACT: Amys signature beehive hairdo was a tribute to 60s girl groups.

AWARDS WON: 6 Grammy Awards

The British singer made some of the most creative music ever recorded. On her two albums, Frank and Back to Black, she blended old-school soul sounds with modern R&B and hip-hop influences. Her music told sad stories about toxic people and bad relationships, but in a very beautiful way. On TEARS DRY ON THEIR OWN, she takes one of the most treasured love songs of all time, AINT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, and twists it into her own dark creation that makes you dance and cry at the same time. You might also love her cover of VALERIE , a love song that sounds like it could be from any decadefrom the 1950s to now. Theres really nothing else like it.

Unfortunately, Amys real life was too tough to handle and she died at 27, after struggling with substance abuse for a long time. She talked about those problems in her most well-known song, REHAB . Its so easy to sing along and dance to that you might forget that its actually about a very sad story. That songs lyrics, which talked about people begging her to seek treatment for her problems, was her real life story.

Amys dad Mitch probably best explained why her songs shake people up so much: It was precisely because her songs were dragged up out of her soul that they were so powerful and passionate, he wrote in a book about her life. The ones that went into Back to Black were about the deepest emotions.

Amys story is a lesson that we should always be willing to accept help when we need it. Its also a lesson to keep good people around you no matter what. To get through your darkest time, it always helps to have people who will look out for you.