Essay on My Passion for Singing

Ever since a young age I have known I enjoy being the center of attention. I aspire and chase after the satisfaction of performing perfect pieces of choreography. Whether that is hitting the right note in a song, or dancing my heart out on a stage. It makes me feel as though nothing is wrong and ignites endorphins in my brain. I'm in love with the feeling of my heart pacing fast, and then slowly easing into comfort the more time I spend on the stage.This love fuels the months of endless practice leading up. I was born with a voice and at 5 years old I was put in vocal lessons, at the local ABC Music. The first song I sang and played on the piano was "Part of Your World" from the little mermaid. I still hear the claps of the audience at my vocal instructors house. Singing is very meaningful to me, in fact I cannot stop myself, all my favorite songs just blurt out of my mouth. Music has the ability to evoke such deep emotions and beautiful voices aspire me to keep practicing.

Outside of medicine, I spend my leisure time dancing and choreographing. My love for dance and music stems from my early childhood. I recall listening to Disney songs and “choreographing” dance moves – moves that appeared as uncoordinated, but exquisite loose wiggles. As a result of my parents’ high expectations and strict upbringing, dance was an important activity because it served as a safe haven away from the stress and pressure I felt as a child. Dancing was, and is still, my source of joy and amusement.

The romance began when I was four. I still remember when my mom dragged me, kicking and scratching, to the local Long and McQuade’s for violin lessons. At that age, I was more interested in making music with a purple dinosaur than I was with a wooden box. I have put thousands of hours of practice over thirteen years into taming its rough voice, and now, I am equally capable of producing roars of rage as I am sighs of satisfaction.

Cypress Lake High School presented a night full of performances by vocal majors and vocal minors. Being the Fall Cabaret one can look forward to a year filled with talented voices filling the school auditorium.

Ever since I was a young kid, I was extremely fond of music. Music was all around me: on the television, in school, at the store, and especially in the car. Not only did I love to listen to music, but I loved to play it as well. I am not saying I was any good at playing music, because I was not. But to a young child, hitting their hand on anything could be music, and to me it definitely was.

I grew up in Washington D.C with my dad’s recording studio in the basement. Day and night, I would hear the beats of R&B and jazz surfing up through the floorboards. My parent’s were always listening to everything from Motown to John Lennon, Broadway musicals to Otis Redding. I loved it all - Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, The Supremes, Elvis, Billie Holiday, musicals. To this day, those musicians inspire me. The second I knew that I had to be a singer was the day I fell madly in

Ever since I was a small child, I have loved music. The strong, steady beats, the

I’m in a beginner’s vocal technique class right now, and we have to sing in front of our classmates every week. Everyone including me gets extremely nervous when it’s our turn to perform. I consider myself a pretty good singer when I’m singing in front of many people, (like over 100) or in front of my close friends, or by myself. However, our class only has 6 people, and it makes me nervous to sing in front of people who I know, but at the same time not best friends with me. So I often make mistakes, and my voice gets shaky. And every time, my professor would tell me “Even if you are nervous, and even if you do make mistakes, just pretend you are not, act calmly, and smile. And the audience wouldn’t feel so uncomfortable.”

I am constantly writing. I write to reduce anxiety, to plan out my day, to jot down a hilarious joke (probably made by me) that I don’t want to forget later. Slowly, I am penning my own musical and I have written several short stories as well (which will be hidden in my room until my untimely death). One may assume that due to my love of creative writing I’m a skilled essayist and all of my former English teachers adored me. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Throughout my high school career not only did my papers never did pass an AP rubric they received harsh critiques as well. This ultimately discouraged my passion for writing.

I went from starting to bring breath into my body, to using that as a foundation for a more free and clear voice. In order to reach my ideal voice, I need to work on the tension in my throat and to bring the sound forward. While writing this new story of my voice, I felt a sense of pride. I am proud of how far I have come, and where I’m headed. I can’t wait for the next chapter in the story of my

The Musical Composition that has changed my life to how I see music is the song The Stroke from Billy Squier. I did not really know the meaning of the song, but it really Widened my Horizon in terms of music from only before listening to The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and The Monkeys. Then later being able to listen to Rush, AC/DC, Aerosmith And Other Really good rock bands that I still love today. Then I started collecting Records then I started collecting CDs, the first album I bought for myself is the majestic Black Sabbath Album “Paranoid” The album with the musical compositions Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs/Luke’s Wall, Planet Caravan, Rat Salad, Electric Funeral, And Fairies Wear Boots. This album was such an amazing introduction to Black

I just hate to sing in front of a few people or an audience. I love music and I always listen to it when I am in my room or in the car. I have always liked music. Ever since I was little I loved to sing and I even had a favorite song when I was just 4 years old. I like to listen to Selena Gomez, One Direction, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber. I loved Justin Bieber when I was in 3rd and 4th grade, he was all I ever talked about. In fact, if I ever got in trouble, my parents would take away my posters and books about him. I hear all kinds of music when I’m with my family, rap, Christian, 50’s, late

If music reveals emotions, it is not a normal emotion like any other (Stecker 273). The expression in music can be considered a traditionalized phenomenon (Stecker 273). There are common questions about

An overall pattern that is shown in both “I Sing The body Electric” and “Song of Myself” is the conception of the soul as a principal, or only, component of the self. In “I Sing The Body Electric”, the quotation “And if the body does not do fully as much as the soul? And if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?” is similar to the quotations in “Song of Myself” which is “I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul…” and “I have said that the soul is not more than the body, And I have said that the body is not more than the soul…”.

It gives us the chance to feel a sense of order in a life that is so often filled with chaos. Furthermore, singing can often help someone to come in contact with certain emotions that they have either been suppressing, or simply could no longer feel. For