Music is a big part of our culture. Every student at Holt has their own unique music tastes, but what kind of music do the teachers listen to? We interviewed some teachers that we thought had some good music taste. Check out what your teachers listen to outside of class. You might have more in common than you realize.
Science Teacher Jonathan Ernst
QUESTION #1
Who is your favorite music artist and why?
Answer :
“Aaron Lewis. He is a lyrical genius and his music always has heart and soul embedded in it.”
QUESTION #2
What’s the best song recommended to you by a student?
Answer :
“Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven”
QUESTION #3
What are your favorite activities to do while you listen to music?
Answer :
“Working out”
Science Teacher Kayla Amrhein
QUESTION #1
Who is your favorite music artist and why?
Answer :
“My favorite artist is Kygo because he has a variety of music for any mood. Pump up jams and slow songs.”
QUESTION #2
What’s the best song recommended to you by a student?
Answer :
“The best song recommended to me was Peaches by Jack Black.”
QUESTION #3
What are your favorite activities to do while you listen to music?
Answer :
“I like to listen to music as I cook a nice meal.”
Health Teacher Chris Whitehead
QUESTION #1
Who is your favorite music artist and why?
Answer :
“This one is tough for me. I love so many different artists from different styles, genres and eras. Seriously I am a music nerd, a junkie. Some of my absolute favorites are:
Social Distortion (punk/cowpunk)
Beastie Boys (hardcore punk/rap/rap rock/instrumental)
The Who (hard rock essentially)
The Bloodhound Gang (funkcore/rapcore/hip-hop/punk)
Pearl Jam (alternative rock)
Band of Horses (Indie Rock)
Led Zeppelin (heavy blues/rock/metal)
Black Sabbath (heavy metal)
RUN-DMC (rap/hip-hop)
Tenacious D (acoustic/metal rock)
A Tribe Called Quest (alternative hip-hop)
The Shins (indie rock)
The Killers (indie/alternative rock/post-punk)”
QUESTION #2
What’s the best song recommended to you by a student?
Answer :
“I’m not sure. Probably The Funeral by Band of Horses.”
QUESTION #3
What are your favorite activities to do while you listen to music?
Answer :
“Dance wildly, sing loudly, go buck-wild or just chill out and try to feel like a body of water.”
English Teacher Elizabeth Hantack
QUESTION #1
Who is your favorite music artist and why?
Answer :
“Right now, I am listening to nothing but Sleep Token, which is a new to me band that I am loving. They don’t really fit into any genre which I love, and the lyrics are some of the best I’ve ever heard. But I have to give a shout out to my all-time favorite band since I was 16, Deftones. You listen to them and your day instantly gets better.”
QUESTION #2
What’s the best song recommended to you by a student?
Answer :
“Actually, I really dig the song you told me about. “Brutus” by Buttress. Cool song and I love that the lyrics are about Brutus from Julius Caesar.”
QUESTION #3
What are your favorite activities to do while you listen to music?
Answer :
“Dude. It’s all about popping the earbuds in and heading to the park for a walk or run. Nature plus jammin’ tunes equals good for the soul.”
English Teacher Christina Belt
QUESTION #1
Who is your favorite music artist and why?
Answer :
“My taste is kind of stuck in like 2013 so I don’t have a favorite music artist, but I like a lot of artists that re-surged in that area, like the Smiths were big in 2013”
QUESTION #2
What’s the best song recommended to you by a student?
Answer :
“I like (Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want) because it’s on the Five Hundred Days of Summer soundtrack and it was also big in that era.”
QUESTION #3
What are your favorite activities to do while you listen to music?
Answer :
“I’m a big yoga person. So yoga is very enhanced by having a really good playlist.”
