My Musical Autobiography

From the day we’re in our mother's stomachs, to the day we die, we have always been listening to music. For me, listening to music all my life helped me develop a passion for it. When I was around the age of 6 my dad introduced me into the world of Rock. The very first band I remember listening to was System of a Down and ever since then, I fell in love with rock music and all its possible variations; for a long time this was all I listened to. It wasn’t until high school that I started listening to all sorts of genres and realized that I wanted to have a career in the music industry. That's when I learned about producing music.

Fifth grade was the year, the year everyone at Oak Ridge Elementary School looked forward to. This was the year we got to ditch the recorder, and pick up a real instrument. A violin. As expected, we learned the basics; nothing more than the names of the parts of the instrument, and how to play the open strings. But ever since that day in 2011, I have been irrevocably in love with playing the violin.

There, my dad and I sat in the band hall, this would be the first of many times that I would step foot into a band hall. I remember feeling so excited to get to play an instrument. My brother Jake, who had passed away when I was 8 due to heart failure, would have been so proud to hear I was following in his footsteps and taking up the saxophone. I remember this day like it was yesterday and thanks to my brother’s influence on me band would be my life for the next 7 years.

During my first semester as a freshman at Winthrop University, I attended a global cultural event entitled “Hip Hop Makes Me Feel Pt. 3: A Different World.” This was an event that consisted of a young panel who were either influenced by hip-hop or they were currently involved in a career that revolves around the culture of hip-hop. During the duration of this event, we discussed the influences of hip-hop in today's society and how it impacts the youth of this generation. The emcee opened the program by asking each of the young panelists, when did they first fall in love with hip-hop? I really appreciated this global event because it encouraged me to discover why I fell in love with the cultivation and history of hip-hop, implemented the importance

My band director, Mr. Schmitt, always preached to us before the week of a competition that, “pressure and time turn coal into diamonds,” and this idea has established an admirable atmosphere that has created the diligent and determined person I am today. Band is a bizarre, dissimilar group of people that would never seem to get along due to drastic differences between one another. However, no matter what grade or section someone is in, everyone in the band loves music and we work towards success not only for ourselves but for each other. During my high school career, band has taken me 5,000 miles to Honolulu, Hawaii where we played in the 2014 Pearl Harbor Parade and in 2017, we played in the infamous Carnegie Hall in New York City. Consequently,

Recording Arts is a career field in which sound is recorded. Recording Arts plays a major role in life because sound is everywhere. Sound is in the video games we play. Sound is in broadcasting. Sound is in TV and film. Sound is in the music that we listen to. Growing up, my life evolved around music. I started guitar, piano, and drums at the age of 14. When I first enter high school, I joined chorus. It was a great experience. I learned to scat and how to sing like Louis Armstrong. The next year, I joined the band. I played every instrument that I could play. That includes guitar, piano, drums, and bass. I never took it serious until I started to play the bass. I fell in love instantly. I performed at talent shows and anywhere that I could perform.

Jokes aside, Thank u for your voice, your music and for beinf such a safe haven, your songs calm me down when I' stressed and cheer me up when I'm sad; u make me laugh with silly things u say and the stories u share (that it's a big acomplishment, I'm telling u). U said once that u hoped ur music didn' t only bring sadness to people and I can garantee u that it doesnt.

Ross Simmonds says you should let your child listen to hip hop because it’s important to understand the struggle, and because it’s important to value quality work. The hip hop influence in the conference was simply astounding. The author of the book “Buck” did a great job utilizing hip hop into is speech in unique fashion. Hip hop is more than just a style of music it is a lifestyle. Hip hop is the way your hair is, the way you dress, and the way you talk. This lifestyle changed my outlook look on life. I hope future conferences have a very big hip hop inspiration.

Since a young age, I have always felt a connection to music. I first started playing it when I was 3 and would play pieces by ear on the piano. As I got older, I started taking lessons and learning more about music as a whole. I took piano lessons for 4 years, and after that I switched to the alto saxophone. I have been playing it for 5 months now, and I greatly enjoy it. I still play piano, but I have begun playing it without a teacher. I practice saxophone every day so I can get better at music and learn more about it. I play as much as I can to be the best musician I can be. At my previous school, there were no music programs. I have worked hard to catch up to my class and play at the same level as them. I try to play as much as possible

I realized I wanted to get into music and producing when I received feedback from friends, and family that I had talent after the first song I released, and after time passed all I received was just good feedback, of course, there were some negative opinions but I keep my head up. When I started writing/recording music I just saw it as something to do for fun, it became one of my serious hobbies after a while. That push I was given by friends and family has led me to believe I could make it in the music industry. That’s how the idea of getting into music came about.

I started piano when I was 10, I started it when I was in 4th grade. My very first song was “I Love Coffee”. I also learned “October Moonlight” as my second song. It was that song or a Thanksgiving song. I chose “October Moonlight” because it was close to Halloween and it had a mysterious ring to it, also it had an echo so you didn’t really know where it was coming from if you couldn’t see the pianist. I also work in my lesson book on easy stuff that only have two or three measures in a song or scales. It also has places where you write, but we normally just focus on playing the songs.

I feel like music has played a large part in my life from a young age. I owe a large portion of my music taste to my father, who worked in a CD store throughout high school and college. He always seemed to know everything about popular music from the 60s on, and he instilled an appreciation for fine modern music at an early age. At about age 12, I got my first portable CD player for Christmas along with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which would later become my favorite album of all time, and Pet Sounds. Little did I know at the time how lucky I was to have such a quality introduction into music. Growing up, my main access to music was my dad’s collection of hundreds of CDs. I listened to a lot of classic artists like The Rolling Stones, U2, Fleetwood

Music has been apart of my life since I was born; everyone in my family had been a student of music in one way or another. As a young girl, my grandmother would wake me up with the sound of Indian Classical music on our cassette player. Music was a necessity in any car-ride; we would always sing along to something, whether it be English nursery rhymes or old Hindi music. By the age of five, I started learning to sing Indian Classical music and before long, I was on stage performing at our local festivals alongside my best friend. At the age of seven, I picked up the violin for the first time, going on to be apart of the orchestra in middle school, high school, and college. Although I have gained experience and confidence by performing

From as far back as I can remember, music has been part of my life. My Mom is very musical and I feel that is one of the reasons I am as well. Whenever I hear You Are My Sunshine I think of my Mom and the lullabies she sang my brother and I as children. One of the best memories I have of singing with my Mom and brother is in the living room on the foot stool. Something about being a little kid and standing atop of the stool made you feel like you were a singer and it was your time to shine! We would each take a turn with the make believe microphone. I specifically remember watching my mom as she danced around the room as she sang to her favorite records that she shared with us. We loved every minute of it!

How does a person begin to write a narrative of their own life, relating events and ideas back to their own culture? Well, first, I’d like to give some baseline information about myself. I am a white, middle-class, educated, mid-western, Christian female athlete. I come from a traditional family with a mother, father, one brother, and two sisters. Taking those characteristics into account, I would say that I am a privileged member of society, and being privileged has been part of my culture. In addition, the largest influences on my life and worldview were my family, school, church, and the area I grew up.