Started: Saturday; August 11, 2007 6:33 PM
First Draft Finished: Saturday; August 11, 2007 8:44 PM
Finial Draft Finished: Monday; August 13, 2007 5:32 AM 
Word Count: 497
Title: Five Musical Tips for Relationships

People who love music sometimes have a hard time finding love. I’ve found that it’s mostly their fault. I’ve stumbled upon five important lessons dealing with relationships and music. 

Don’t Play Music in the Car:

A girl fell in love with me because I didn’t play music in the car. It seems like there is a growing problem with boys and big speakers. She told me how every guy she went on a date with wanted her to listen to something or wanted her to feel how much bass their system could rumble out. I would have played music, but I was too distracted by the conversation to turn on the stereo. 

Yes, there will be some awkward silence but that will only hone your social skills. It will make her feel special; like you’re only concentrating on her and hopefully the road. 

Oh and by the way, be outside the car when ever you pick her up and open the door for her. Never stop doing it either. 

You’re Not Open Minded about Music:

You are not open minded about music. You will not listen to anything. You hate some bands. You judge people by what they do and do not listen to. Do not lie to a girl and tell her you are, just to make her feel stupid seconds later for liking Fallout Boy.

No Set the Mood Mixes:  

There is a reason Duckie never got the girl, and the reason was mixed tapes. 

Unless it is an anniversary or a special occasion with someone you’ve been dating for awhile and the mix is all the songs that have meant something in your relationship, back away from the playlist. 

Do I really have to explain why they don’t work? Okay. It’s a gift that can be deconstructed a lot by emotional response. If you make a girl a mix tape with four songs she despises she can hate it for each track. She can hate you for not knowing her. And she can hate your taste in music. 

Don’t force the topic:

Everyone talks about music. “So what kind of music do you like?” is the a/s/l of the real world. Don’t be lame. Ask them something stimulating. 

Also, the music conversation never seems to go well. Someone always turns out to be an aggressor trying to push bands on the other person based on a band they said they “kind of liked.” 

There is a thin line between being passionate and being a zealot: 

No, that’s a lie. There is a pretty big border guarded by medication and social norms between being the guy who has a few band t-shirts and the guy who reads all the blog posts by his favorite musicians and gets tattoos of band logos younger than the oil in his van. 

Readers please do not send in your guaranteed panty droppers playlist to toffer, it will not convince him he’s wrong or drop his panties; he goes commando.