Monday, January 5, 2026

MUSIC AND MEEEE

 Hello everyone!!!!

This is Erin McCallion- the flutist, but I will affectionately plug our dear classmate Erin not McCallion, she's a bass. So just know there's 2 of us yippee! 

If you told me my senior year of high school (at least the first half) and any time before that I would be a music major I literally would tell you that you are quite wrong, and I have no musical ability. SOMEWHERE in this journey I realized that oh my gosh, loving playing the flute for about 10 years is indeed may be a little clue that maybe I do like music! There is absolutely much more to the how in the world did Erin get HERE, as in Converse, but I feel it might deserve its own blog post. 

I am from Woodruff, South Carolina, which is like a 20-30 min drive down some sort of road with the number 2 in it. I have only lived in one house my entire life, and it is surrounded by woods, that I grew up playing in and that is basically the setting for all of my deep thinking. If there are trees, Erin is happy. 

Here is me with my sister Lizzie and her daughter Athena. They are my favorite humans ever:


Bonus question- don't we look related? For much of my life people would say I look adopted. Please in comments describe how wrong they are. 


Alright onto, the MUSIC!!!!


1. So I always say random song references and for some reason this past month I continuously would start singing the, "if you wanna make the world a better place take a look at yourself and make the CHANGE". And now it's been my recent shower song that I dance to and it has been such a vibe this month for me. 



2. Foreigner's Hot Blooded is absolutely my walk up song. While it took some deliberation, this is the song that would absolutely inspire whatever accuracy powers I have to successfully hit a baseball with a bat. Something about the energy and the guitars make me feel perhaps stupidly confident I could be a Spartanburger. 



3. *dramatic sigh* 
I am sure it is completely my fault that I strongly dislike Ed Sheeran's Perfect. I am such a fan of some of his other songs, but unfortunately it has constantly been the one song that makes me feel some small levels of anger and frustration with maybe the lyrics or the slowness of the song. 







Bonus:

This is one of my all-time favorite groups, Volbeat, and my favorite (maaaybe) song by them, For Evigt- which I think is Danish for eternally/forever. This group is from Denmark (i think) and me and my dad are obsessed with them. Something that will always uplift me on a bad day is this song. ENJOY


and yes, if you ask i can very badly sing this song at the top of my lungs for you in my car (:

4 comments:

  1. Hi Erin!! First off I have to say all great picks! Second I would have to agree with you on the Ed Sheeran song. I think my annoyance comes from the fact that when it came out it played EVERYWHERE and ALL the time and so I became so sick of it. But I totally agree.

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    1. Yes. The fact that at weddings this is the only slow song they choose oftentimes makes me sad. there are other slow songs out there, world!!

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  2. HI Erin!! Can I start off by saying this was the cutest blog ever! You always give off so much personality in person, and it literally speaks through your blogs. Anyways, no, you don't look adapoted and you and your lovely sister do look alike. Also, shut the front door.... I love singing "Man In The Mirror," absolutely a great work of art. I definitely need to hear you screaming to the top of your lungs to Volbeat, please... :)

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  3. Hey, Erin. Loved your song picks! I too have heard Man In the Mirror a lot lately. Also, I coincidentally almost put Perfect as my disliked song. Oh, and you and your sister look very much related. I don't know what the people saying you don't are on about.

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