My Love Of Music

I trudged out the door in utter denial it was Friday afternoon and I was in an awful mood. For 7 years my mother had made it mandatory for me to take piano lessons twice a week. As a child, I adored practicing and the ethereal feeling I felt each time I played was truly unmatched. Although the pieces I played were classical and were no longer an interest of mine my teacher was a jovial young woman named Mrs. May. She enjoyed wearing floral patterned skirts, she had trademark wide-brimmed glasses and her soft, delightful voice always made me smile. Despite Mrs. May’s enthusiasm and encouragement, I didn’t have the same passion for music as I used to. My short attention span wasn’t helping and having to practice while also devoting time to soccer and cross-country meant my free time was practically non-existent. I thought about quitting but I couldn’t gather enough courage to tell my mother. So that being said I continued, lessons generally followed the same pattern unless I had a recital in the near future. In that case, they were demanding and strenuous. That was the case as in 2 weeks I had my largest recital where I would be playing Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven on top of a piece I had written with the help of Mrs. May.

Ever since I was a little girl I would sing everywhere, in the bathroom, the car, at school, and at parties but my favorite spot has always been in the shower. I would never sing in front of my brother, he would always tease me about my voice. Being teased made me feel like I wasn't good enough. Because of that I stopped singing for a while. At that time, I didn’t know what to do singing had been part of my life even before I even came out the womb. I've been told my aunt would sing to me frequently. I felt completely at lost, I was unidentifiable with myself. I need music in my life.

Music is an integral part of who I am. To say that I am interested in music would be an understatement, as I am constantly growing in my passion and talent for music.

Music is my life when I was little my dad introduced me to all types of music. We listen to hip-hop, reggae, old school, country, and jazz. We believe that as long as it has a good beat and a message that what makes that a great song.Being that my dad is from New Jersey I have this Northern flavor to my lifestyle. It is truly present in my taste in music. Many people say that I'm a little weird when they listen to the type of music I listen too.

Music is a very fascinating; when it comes to the experience of each and every individual. Almost every person likes some sort of music, whether it is the plunking and strumming sound of a country song guitar or the intensity of a really good rap. Music has the ability to completely change the mood of any given situation. Music has been used as a form of therapy for the mind, and can also affect the body in many ways.

The first day walking into the leadership class was unbearable. A class full of close friends, all of which were more musically inclined than I, wondering what I was doing there. However, As the class progressed, I felt more welcomed there than any other place, at the same time my playing ability developed.

I remember the first time I met my first band director. His name was Mr. Dan Norman, and he worked at the middle school I was attending. When I was in fifth grade, I contemplated on joining band under the direction of Mr. Brian Enabnit, but that didn’t follow through.

I volunteered to be the bass coach to the elementary schoolers. After just a few sessions, I realized how much I enjoyed teaching the students. In my junior year, I became the first orchestra student accepted into the middle school orchestra sector of the Peer Collaboration program at my school, which gave me the chance to become, basically, a student teacher to the seventh-grade orchestra. From the first day I worked with the seventh graders, I fell in love with teaching, especially when it came to teaching other people about how amazing music can be. I soon began to also help with the eighth-grade orchestra, as well as tutoring the fourth and fifth graders, who were just beginning to learn their instruments, after school. The program helped me realize a new side of music that I hadn't considered before, music education. I decided that educating others on how to make and appreciate music rather than just being a casual consumer of music was what I wanted to do with my

Music is interpreted differently from around the world but to me, music is motivational and inspiring. It’s a way to express emotions and a language that cannot be put into words. Music creates an avenue for empathy and a new understanding and it is part of my lifestyle. Music always gives you company when you are bored or in the shower. It gives a meaning and purpose to life. Music is important because it is the key to creativity.

Music is an art forme that apears in evry culture in the world. For thousands of years its been an importent part of the human experiance. Music has been use as enertainment as a way to pass on storys, and as a form of artestic espression. Each person may have their own perference in the type of Music they like but most people will like Music in some form. Music has even been used by therapits to help patience with mental and phisical health issues and and acheived good results.

Music is apart of everyone’s life. We listen to it daily on the radio. We hum melodies when we have the song stuck in our head. Music is a huge part of my life and it has helped me tremendously. I think every genre is good and has its ups and downs. I don’t enjoy maybe 3 or 4 genres but I will listen to the rest of them, from classic rock to rap.

Music is defined differently for each individual. It is the universal language that speaks to us all, but in different ways. It is one of the few genres that can instantly transport a person back to the past. Music is also an art of sound which expresses ideas, thoughts, and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony. It is the design of giving structural form and rhythmic pattern to combinations of sounds produce instrumentally and vocally. To me, music brings a sense of calmness, happiness, and peacefulness. Music is the absolute bread of life because it feeds my soul.

Music has always been part of who I am,I guess. I grew up on first wave punk(Thanks Dad!) and country music. I went to my first concert when I was eight years old and sang along to every word with Toby Keith. There is nothing better in life than the feeling you get when you're in the front row seeing your favorite band,you can feel the kick drum pounding away against your heart and for a second you're pretty sure your heart beat has changed to the rythm of the song. The feeling you get when you're surrounded by people that just get it. They get why you love this band so much and it feels like a giant family. Music has literally allowed me

Since I was a child I have always enjoyed a wide variety of music. This would include: Queen, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Boy George, Journey, Cyndi Lauper, Clint Black, Blake Shelton, Matt Maher, Hill Song, Beatles, Elvis, Bach and Beethoven to name a few. For me music fills the soul and creates so many emotions and memories that are so vividly represented it feels as if the event just happened. My interests in music vary widely within most genres.

Music has always been a huge part of my life. Growing up, some of my earliest memories were wandering around record stores with my dad. My dad has always been an avid music and record collector. When I was about five years old he closed down his pizzeria and started his own online and mail order business selling hard to find and obscure records and CDs. A few years later he expanded his business by opening up a record store in Downers Grove, IL. As a result, from an early age I was exposed to a lot of different types of music. Sure it was common for parents to put on The Beatles for their kids to listen to, but on top of that I was grew up on a steady diet of Queen, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jimi Hendrix,