Hello friends steemians.

I have loved music since I was a little girl. I grew up in a home where traditional music was played on the radio. When I was 10 years old, my mom and dad bought a good equipment to listen to music. They also listened to Venezuelan music, Latin American music and classical music. At that time people bought music on LPs and cassettes.

When I was a teenager I really liked to listen to "Salsa Brava" because my cousins and people my age loved that music.

When I turned 18 I discovered the voice of Maria Callas, and I was fascinated. It was during a trip I made to the city of Valencia - Venezuela to the house of a friend of mine from the University. Her parents were artists and one afternoon they were listening to Maria Callas. I bought a cassette and recorded several arias.

At that time I was already studying at the university and here in Venezuela people like to listen to dance music (at least in my time).

Honestly, I learned to listen to music from all different eras and styles. I think there are a few musical styles that I don't like at all. But I can listen to almost everything.

My first collection I bought when I was still a student and it was obviously "Maria Callas. Her greatest arias and scenes" on dvd. I was and am absolutely happy listening to the voice of this Greek.

_{Source: Photo from my personal music collection}

Then I became interested in knowing and understanding opera. At that time I read a lot to learn about opera and its performers.

To make a long story short, I bought an Opera Collection. It was 24 weeks, every Monday at the kiosk of "El Indio" (that was a very famous newspaper kiosk in the city of Cumaná. At this moment it does not exist).

_{Source: Photo from my personal music collection}

In this collection I read all the stories of the operas while listening to the records. Also the names of the sopranos, tenors and all the members of the opera appeared.

Then I fell in love with Jazz and Blues, wow it was a great discovery. I also bought a collection of 20 records (1 every week, in the same kiosk).

_{Source: Photo from my personal music collection}

These collections were acquired when I had few economic resources. I kept money to be able to pay for these records. At that time there was no Youtube and I really loved this music.

On the radio, in Venezuela, they don't play opera or jazz music, so for me it was a great acquisition.

Jazz is music for my moments of relaxation. But opera makes me dream (only the arias). I don't like all the songs in opera.

On one occasion I was able to buy tickets to see Bizet's Carmen Opera was a very special gift I gave myself. I remember that day and I still see myself at the doors of the theater excited because it was the first time I attended a show of this style.

Finally, I want to share a collection of my mother of a Venezuelan singer named Ilan Chester. He made a compilation of Venezuelan music and interpreted it with his style. There are 6 dvd's; there is music from the Llanos, Caracas, Zulia, Lara, Los Andes, and the Coast. I love the Caracas and Andes dvds.

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_{Source: My mom's music collection}

I hope you liked my music collection.

I invite you to join this contest in the Steem-BRU Community, CONTEST! HOME MUSIC COLLECTION by @filinpaul & @nesmeliy

Thanks for reading me. Welcome your comments.

Infinite greetings!