Personal Narrative: A Career In Music School

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.

It was May 25, 2018 at 7:47 in a steaming hot gymnasium when the name Anthony Joseph Sansalone was getting called from the loud speaker, the sixth to last person to receive their diploma I begun shaking the hands of all the board members and everything that I had known from the last 13 years at the same school was over and a new chapter of my life was stating to begin. A few seconds after receiving my diploma the Class President guided us to changing of our tassels from right to left then commencement was over and I was walking out with my future roommate at BGSU, Vincent Zhang, we looked at each other knowing that our high school career was descending and our college careers were lifting off together. High school was tuff for me due to the fact that I have know what I wanted to do since I was a freshman, I want to become an animator and work for an Academy Award winning company such as

As a junior in Early College I would more or less consider this my second year, as I have been taking college classes for three years now. However, I can still identify an issue I am facing with my courses. As I am trying to graduate a five year program in only four years, I have taken on a lot of responsibility as a 16 year old. I am currently taking 6 courses this semester, and I will have to take five courses every other semester to graduate on time. As I thought this would be a busy course load for me, I ended up quitting my job because they could not comply with the hours I requested due to school. I completely regret this, as I now have to work at a job that I am not making much money at and I have even had to take on some side jobs just to be able to pay my insurance on time. Sometimes, people make decisions that they think will better them and make life easier, but they make these decisions without careful consideration and at least trying the circumstance before changing everything.

The moment I was handed my diploma I felt I was in the real world now and I had to use my time wisely. I set my next goals quickly and literally the next day began lessons with a new jazz guitar teacher. He led me to my current music theory teacher. I am also taking classes at a community college. I enrolled there so that I could use that time to accomplish some of the general education credits towards a degree. I want to pursue a undergraduate degree in jazz studies. These opportunities are not available to me in community college.

Have you ever had this kind of experience: You work very hard approach to your goal, and you think that you are ready to face any potential issue, but it unfortunately turns out to be very different than what you thought it would be than what actually happened. This is a lesson I learned from my entry-level music class while I was still a John Jay student.There is a big different between who I am and who I was in few years ago. Unlike now, I am very relaxed and I tend to be more productive and confident when I have to handle multiple things. I used to be very impulsive and a little bit of disorganized. My time management skills were extraordinary terrible, and I could not properly handle the problems by myself. I had a bad temper because I

Growing up I always took part in extracurricular activities to be more active and social in my life. I grew up with two brothers who had very different interests in things than me so I had to rely on friends and activities to help me from becoming couch potato.

Throughout my Jr. High and High School career, I've had many pastimes and hobbies that I found I could participate in outside of the classroom for. During the seventh grade and all the way until my sophomore year of High School I participated in basketball. From the seventh grade until my senior year of high school I participated in cross-country. In Middle School I participated in wrestling, and most recently I have partaken in soccer for my junior and senior year of High School. Besides sports I spent a good amount of time dedicating myself to volunteer for the local parks and rec center. I volunteered on projects such as the Annual Triathlon, the Haunted House, and many more. I also volunteered for the local Clinic during their annual 5K Color Run.

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.

Attention and I usually do not go hand in hand. Whenever it is avoidable, I avoid it; simple. One concept that does go well with me is music; saxophone specifically. Ever since my introduction to the instrument in sixth grade I remember only positive memories. When first learning the saxophone, I had no idea the opportunities it would bring me as well as the obstacles it would encourage me to overcome.

My transcripts show that I only participated in band my freshman and sophomore years. Band became a necessary sacrifice because I still needed to fit in graduation requirements and a load of AP classes to my junior and senior year schedules; however, my music career did not end! I found a way to continue playing the bass guitar in my church praise band, and I am currently going on my sixth year of playing. I will be flexible in continuing my music career, whether it be in a class or a club, because it is definitely an activity that has become important to me.

Lasted summer I attended a summer musical education program. The program is during the summer and you meet new teachers, learn new classical pieces, and make friends who are also musicians. It was my third year attending this program. I found that each year my skills improve dramatically after the summer, and each summer I make new friends. Musicians in the program are placed in a large group based on their level of musical ability and the type of instrument they play, for example a student who plays a string instrument at a beginner level will be placed with other students who are at the same level and play a string instrument. Each year at the end of the summer we are in many performances.

Orchestra used to be my favorite class. Key words: used to. It was a place where I could play my best and everyone would put in the same amount of work. Last year was the best year in all my orchestral experience and I’ve been in quite a few orchestras in the last six years. There has been many different playing environments, people, and music. In ninth grade orchestra, I was one out of five freshman to be selected into Battlefield’s top orchestra group, Philharmonia, which was pretty exciting. It had one downfall, my brother and my cousin, Andrew Schlagel and Hannah Morgan, were also in it. I hate them with all my heart but playing in the same orchestra as them made some great experiences that I won’t forget. The entire year I was mostly

I want to be a music producer because music is something I listen to daily when I can and it helps me relax and things when I’m angry or upset. Music is my dream and I want to make it a reality for me and music production and maybe a singer/songwriter is good for me also but I’m setting towards music production. A producer can be involved in the song-writing, audio engineering, recording, adding musical instruments and effects, hiring outside musicians if needed, help plan the overall promotion plan — including choosing album images and stage stunts. He can even advise the singers to get vocal coaching lessons

I chose being a music educator because I have always wanted to be a teacher. When I was younger, I used to play “school” with older siblings. I never enjoyed being the student, but I loved being the teacher and teaching them things. They always acted like they did not know what I was talking about even if they did. I have never been able, however, to decide on a subject to teach. Music has been the only subject that, over time, has remained a constant interest in my life. For a period of time, I thought maybe a math teacher, or even a science teacher. Teaching english however has never crossed my mind because while I am good at english for the most part, there are too many parts of english that are hard to me. Band was a whole new world for

My short-term goal to become and musical director/musical educator is practicing music theory. When I had researched ways to try and become a professional at practicing music theory I had three goals in mind that I should complete. The three goals were learning to read music notes, learning to conduct, and practicing getting better at acting. In order to learn how to read music I will have to take classes with other teachers and continue to do so until I feel like I have accomplished that goal and then move on to the next. In order to accomplish my second goal which is learning to conduct I would also have to participate in classes and camps to soon become a professional. My last goal is learning to act which I already have a little experimenting