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How can you keep up with the music of your home country , even when you've been in the USA for the last 10 years
What are you doing? I am a young Russki man who emigrated to America to seek a better life. In Russia I wasn't wealthy and definitely not within the middle class. I'm not saying that about me but my family. Russia's young adults weren't financially dependent as they were growing up. So we were forced of finding ways to earn our own money. There are many schemes available, with the majority of which are similar to alcoholics asking for money from their neighbors to buy their shared vodka bottle. It was pretty similar. We would look for ways to earn some cash so we could purchase bread. We would always be hungry.
So I finally arrived in America. It's nothing like New York or Brooklyn or Brighton Beach. This city reminds me a lot of home. It's noisy, filthy, it's full of Russian speech, people are rude,, just a normal Russian city bliss. I spent a lot of money there, mostly to visit Russian restaurants and book and music shops.
Music and books are two of my most cherished things. There is now a way to access Russian literature using Kindle, as it has occurred recently. And so I stopped buying books that were hard-copy, plus I don't really have any space in my house, my wife is a bit of an escapist, so I do everything possible not to contribute to her and that includes avoiding purchasing new things which I don't actually have to store around my house, because I have nowhere to put it... The stacks looked nice initially however, they began to look sad. I eventually placed them in my garage, which still can accommodate my stuff.
However, music is a different thing. Music is one of my most favorite things to listen to. My job requires me to travel often, so I listen to tons of music. Being an Russian immigrant, I haven’t had the opportunity to experience the latest music that I’ve found in the USA. I don't like hip hop, rap, metal, and pop. The latest music that kids love to dance to. The old Russian music is my favourite particularly the songs with a prison theme. They're still popular after all these years. They put everything on Youtube these days. So I can spend hours listening to music on Youtube whenever I return at home after a day off or after work.
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After some time, I was able to create an extensive playlist that included more than 300 songs that I love. This is my constant friend. I can listen to it every day and don't have any problems getting used. There are over 300 songs! But when I need to hear them in my car, I don't have any Internet to use, and I need it for driving or to navigate. I make all of my preparations at home. I'm currently in the middle. I record a few songs on Youtube and then convert the mp3s into MP3 files with my laptop. After that, I take the CD with me to my car, and I can listen. The site allows you to print the entire Youtube playlist and convert every song into MP3 and save it on my personal computer. Then it's easy to transfer the song to an audio CD. Sometimes, I'm a little naughty and make a data CDs that don't play on my old car stereo. Audio is recorded is amazing. I don’t need any internet to play MP3 music. I simply insert the CD in my car stereo slot. When I get to Manhattan, the music from Russia is heard in the background.
It's simple and affordable to download videos from Youtube and convert them to MP3 files so that you can save them on your phone. A friend of mine hooked his iPhone to his car stereo, and within a few seconds it was playing excellent sound quality. The phone also streamed Spotify as well as Pandora radio. It's not even requiring a lot of internet speed. It's something I'm likely to test the next time. However, I will make sure not to make use of the wifi that is free.
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