Sometimes, music can help you get through things, without even understanding the true lyrics at the time.
Linkin Park - In The End, although not the greatest music video, is one of those songs that I played when I first started web development in middle school/high school when it hit the airwaves. This is because I was, I suppose, you could say a child prodigy when it came to programming. I was able to develop a very successful, for that age, online multiplayer text-based RPG.
Growing up poor, I didn't have the funds to expand it into something a little more visual as the web grew and CPM (the amount you were paid per 1000 ad views [upwards of $18 at the time]—which is not the case anymore as it's now based upon CPC, or per click, rather), but, I was talked into partnering with a guy about 3 times my age who did have that ability.
I ended up moving my code to his server and a few weeks later, cut out of the deal completely as my downstream ad provider was $3-7 while his downstream was $12-22 [a higher tier] and I just wanted a 50/50 a split to profit even more as that was an enormous amount at that time. That was a bit too much and he wanted to only give me the $3-7.
That's when I hinted on pulling the plug on our partnership, but, once I said that all access was denied with my username and password.
This song helped me get through not trusting anyone, and, I still don't have trust when it comes to business to this day. Because of that, I will always, always, enter into some form of a legal contract. I did hit him hard as it was my code and released it as open-source, so there were quite a few competitors that sprung up. So, I suppose the incident helped me learn a valuable lesson so young, while the song helped me get through losing something I worked so hard on.
The site is still up to this day but it is archived with my name on it, which is all that really matters because it's something that I can be proud of accomplishing something that young.
While I don't idolize people, losing Chester Bennington was something that was a shocker. I enjoyed his (Linkin Park) music from then until to this day because he is a great vocalist and the music never really died, it only evolved—that has to take a lot of core work to hit notes for that long.
What's some inspirational music that got you through tough times or even just music you like to bump in the car?
