2013 was the craziest and most chaotic year ever, I can't believe it's already basically over. I can surely say that music came out of nowhere and completely turned my life around. Of course it's been in my life ever since but in 2013 I developed a whole new connection to bands and lyrics and fans. I started to look at music from a completely different point of view and music might or might not have become the centre of my life. I created this blog in February and 99 posts and quite some clicks later, I work for an online magazine, I get to interview bands and I couldn't be happier about the direction my life is heading in.
2013 might have been weird at most points, but it gave me a whole lot of amazing moments. I saw 30 bands live, I had interviews with 6 of them, I met All Time Low and I attended my first festival ever. Music, or the people behind it, taught (and still teaches) me a lot about life and the attitude you could (or should) have towards it and I think these people helped me a lot to become the person I am today.
Before this gets too emotional, I came up with some resolutions I probably won't stick to anyway but it became a tradition for me to think of some resolutions, if I stick to them or not.
- read 100 books (I'll have to think of ways to afford this but yaay books!!)
- worry less, act more (this has been one of my resolutions for the past few years but I think I get better at it every year so I can't forget about it
- don't procrastinate that much (I am really good at procrastinating, sometimes I even procrastinate things I actually want to do and it needs to stop)
- write more (and when by saying that I mean reviews and stories and just everything that comes to my mind. Writing has been a big deal for me for a few years now and I just enjoy it but I never find the time to sit down for a while and just collect ideas)
- be more open-minded when meeting new people instead of directly judging them (sometimes I do this thing where I judge people from the sound of their voice, so if somebody has a voice that sounds unpleasant in my ears, I don't even talk to them and that's bullshit and I know it and I'll work on it!!)
Last but not least I collected a list of my personal Best Of songs in 2013, so basically this is a collection of the songs I discovered this year and still listen to.
- All Time Low - Time Bomb
- All Time Low - Backseat Serenade
- All Time Low - Me Without You
- A Day To Remember - I Remember
- Asking Alexandria - White Line Fever
- Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire
- Biffy Clyro - Bubbles
- Bring Me The Horizon - Sleepwalking
- Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart
- Fall Out Boy - Young Volcanoes
- Of Mice & Men - Second & Sebring
- Paramore - Still Into You
- Pierce The Veil - Hold On Till May
- Tonight Alive - Come Home
- Tonight Alive - Hell And Back
- We Are The In Crowd - Exits And Entrances
- We Are The In Crowd feat. Alex Gaskarth - Kiss Me Again
- We Came As Romans - Fade Away
- We Came As Romans - I Am Free
- You Me At Six - No One Does It Better
- 30 Seconds To Mars - Do Or Die
What are your best of songs in 2013? Leave your list in the comments, I'm always happy to receive recommendations of new music!
I wish you all a happy, successful new year, let's close this chapter and open a new one!
