Working for a company that highly values music is, for lack of a better description, pretty awesome.  I have been lucky enough to hold jobs over the past four years that have had a primary focus of music.  The difference between Sixthman and my previous employment is the amount of which I get to enjoy the music.  I was previously a music and media editor for a publication.  Sounds cool, is pretty cool, but the endless number of CDs that you are forced to listen to (some good, but mostly awful) is insanity.  It had gotten to the point where I rarely listened to music outside of work.  It was talk radio all the time.

It was almost like Pandora’s box.  I had come into this really cool job.  A gift from the gods.  A box, that once opened, unleashed terrible things on my brain.  Too many awful songs, and almost a resentment towards music, itself.

Some of you may not know the whole myth about Pandora’s box, though.  After all the toils were set loose on the earth, at the bottom of the box, there was hope.  And hope, my friends, it just what Pandora Radio has brought to my daily life.  Whether I’m sitting in my little quiet room, rocking out with computer speakers, or in the “Calloseum” rocking out on my headphones, Pandora has given me new hope for music.  And a new appreciation for classic rock.  And sometimes I don’t even notice when a little Skynyrd gets mixed in there.

So, in summary, music is an amazing part of life.  A job focused on music is pretty awesome.  Getting through all the crap and finding hope for a better music tomorrow, priceless.

-Lisa