Personal Narrative: How Music Has Shaped My Life

Everyone has their own little struggles in life, and like many people believe, things happened for a reason. Well at least that is what I have experienced. Throughout my life I have been taught by my parents that doing the right thing and having a set goal is one of the ways you can succeed in life.

I found relaxing bamboo flute music on YouTube when I was doing bad in school. This soothing flute music helped me to control all my built up energy. I feel like this music helped me to concentrate and it also helped me focus. It was during the middle of freshman year I realized that I had a lot of trouble concentrating so I looked up relaxing music. Once I heard the bamboo flute I felt it calm me down. Like when I listen to this music I can concentrate better. When ever I am upset or angry I put this song on and my feelings just go away, it's like the music puts me into a dreamland. Growing up I always would have a hard to paying attention and concentrating but when I heard the bamboo flute I felt like it changed me.

The ability to manipulate power, is very difficult to understand. Having this ability grants access to transferring, draining, and converting other powers by the touch.

From a young age, I learned that no matter how hard you try, people of color have to work harder than others. As a young African-American girl, I knew that my the majority of teachers preferred white students to black students, with there being no more than five black children in any of my classes throughout elementary school. In a society that is based on who you are, what you look like, where you come from, and who you love, it’s very easy to lose touch with your roots. Throughout my many activities and community outreach, I hope to begin to repair the color line that has imbedded itself within present day society by showing that everyone, regardless of color, should have the same rights and opportunities.

I am a singer.  Even though in High School I was not the lead in the Spring Musical, or the recipient of the coveted "Chorus Award" every year, that never kept me in the background. I began sending my demo to anyone who would listen, and after a handful of "No's," I got a "Yes."  Yet, the rejection only made me work harder, and rigorously hone my voice in the months to follow. I relate to anyone who has ever felt out casted or left out, and I will work tirelessly to make sure every student feels accepted, and appreciated for their talents, regardless of what it is or how "loud" it may be. In times when conformity tempts your insecurities, Dr. Suess once said,"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those

As I walked into the music store I was overwhelmed with joy. Looking at every instrument I wish i could have. When out of the corner of my eye, I see it. A cherry red acoustic fender guitar. The light shined off of its mahogany wood as if the heavens themselves sent it from above. I brought it down from the wall and held it tight. It was lighter than I thought it would be. The body was smooth as glass, with no sharp

I saw, even though you tried to cover my eyes. I heard, even though you tried to block my ears. I felt, even though you pretended there wasn't a reason to. How could I possibly understand what I was seeing and feeling at such a young age? Who was there for me to talk to about it? No one..I had to comprehend so much. I sat behind the door with my back against it, when the screaming began again I closed my eyes this time. I pictured myself in a meadow with the grass being pure green and the sky being pure blue. The sun shined so brightly on my skin and the feeling of warmth comforted me. I could see a man walking up to me, but he was so bright you couldn't see his face. My throat was in a knot and my heart was heavy, but as

For six years I have battled an ongoing illness. It has affected every aspect of my life. At the roughest times I have had to leave traditional school and attend virtual school or do my classwork in the hospital or at doctor offices. It took a toll on my GPA, my social life, and how I had previously led my life. I could no longer play lacrosse or softball. My family dynamic changed and revolved around doctor appointments, hospitals, testing, treatments, and medications. I had a choice to make give up or overcome.

This was a topic I was very nervous to talk about. Rock bands, punk rock, post hardcore and so many other types of alternative music aren’t always liked by everyone. So this is me getting out of my comfort zone and just telling everyone the day that bands changed my life. So hold on to something because this is about to get good.

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One difficult situation I faced was during an exam for choir last year. Our exam was to sing in a small group in front of the entire class. The reason this was difficult for me was that I have terrible anxiety about singing alone in front of people. While I knew that this would be a difficult task, I refused to accept defeat. For almost two months I practiced constantly hoping that if I knew the song well enough I would be able to get through the exam. I chose to not tell my choir teach how petrified I was of singing with only one other person with me. Ultimately this turned out to be a huge mistake because when the moment came for my partner and I to sing the shaking began. I started having a panic attack in front of my class and in the end

I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to deal with being so nervous about presenting tonight. Usually, I have a rubber band on my wrist to play with and flick, but I can not find one anywhere and the last time I used the flicking of a rubber band to distract me from the anxious feeling, I made a pretty nasty red mark on my wrist. I just wanted to know if you had any advice on what I could do to distract myself while presenting or to prepare myself.

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!

This is my life put to music. I am Noah I am from Charlotte And I go to Mater Christi. I really like to build thing and enjoy traveling and being with my family. My audience would mostly be people who like pop rock songs and enjoy a bit of country. The mood Is mostly pop rock and a little bit of country. This album would be titled In Time.