(S10) - PT 2 - Pregame Hype

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What does Verso L'Alto listen to in order to get him pumped up before games? His musical tastes have transformed somewhat over time throughout his playing career. Throughout high school and into college he would often listen to the angriest music that he could find. Sometimes he would literally type that into Pandora (this was pre-Spotify times) and just listen to whatever came up. As a result he would end up listening to screamo and heavy metal mixes. Asking Alexandria, Underoath, Pierce the Veil, We Came as Romans, and even Megadeath would commonly show up on his music feed along with the mandatory Eminem track as a good Detroiter. When he started to meet with the team shrink after his rookie season, L'Alto was advised to steer away from this kind of music in favor of something that would help him to focus his energy rather than simply build up angry, unbridled energy. He tried this for a while, but he just couldn't get into the nature sounds and AMSR stuff. They'd make him ready to fall asleep right there on the field--not good. So instead, he has settled into a genre that is literally designed to increase focus and energy: intense movie soundtracks. Hans Zimmer > all.

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