Personal Narrative: The Bee Gees

I now realise that the Arts, including music, creates opportunities to engage, inspire and enrich our lives. Music making and responding can challenge, provoke responses and enrich our knowledge and understanding of ourselves, our communities and the world.

Although there are many objects and things that can define my culture, I believe that my music taste, my language and my manners makes me who I am today.

People listen to music for a variety of reasons. Some listen to music to relax in which it serves as a sort of escape from everyday life, some because they are a fan and follow a certain artist, and others because they can relate the lyrics to their own personal experiences. Whichever the case may be, music has and continues to serve an important role in people’s lives.

Throughout my life, no single thing has had a greater impact than music. It has made me who I am today, and I cannot remember a time when music wasn’t a huge part of myself - my earliest memories all contain the music that my parents played. Beyond being a product purely for enjoyment, as it was for a long time in my earliest years, music has gone on to become a fundamental part of who I am, how I spend my time, and who I spend that time with. It motivates me to be better for numerous reasons. I credit my early involvement in music with most of the successes I have had to this date.

Throughout my life, I have been taken by music. However, it was not until my 8th grade year in middle school that I realized that I could be a musician for the rest of my life. Before that, music just seemed like something to keep me out of trouble. I wasn’t the best player at that time, and I still knew very little about it all. How could something like that ever support someone? Still, it was the only talent that I could find any success in, and it was still very enjoyable, so I wanted to still give it a shot.

Many of us have listened to certain songs in the past which have taken us back to a previous experience, time or place. Music can take trigger the mind and take you to experiences you have had in college, a relationship you had, a tragic family event or anything. It takes your mind to a certain event or moment in your life, like a birthday party or other celebrations. If you ever think you need to be inspired for something, such as goal, music can help you get there. It’s about connecting to what the artist has to say, or how the sound of the rhythm makes you feel which can give you your own motivation in your life. It sparks the mind and acts as a very strong catalyst which can lead to creative ideas you never thought you can

“Are you sure this is the one you’d like?” my father asked me. Little did I know how much happiness this saxophone would bring me. I still remember walking into the sweltering upper school cafeteria awaiting to choose the instrument of my choosing. I saw all of the new, shiny instruments but only one instrument jumped out to me, the alto saxophone. It might be all of the pearly, white buttons or the shiny, metallic gold finish but this instrument was for me. As soon as I laid my eyes on it I knew I had to have it. How was I supposed to know that in the coming years, I would grow as a person and develop into a tenor saxophone player for MHS?

The marching band has also felt like a home away from home. If I wasn’t at home with my parents, I was on the band field. While being in the marching band at my high school, my long-term goal was to become their drum major for my last two years. I wanted to be the drum major that would cause the band members to put every ounce of passion into performing the show. Once I decided this during my freshman year, I put my heart and soul into my band. I stepped up to any work my band director needed help with. Whether it was fundraising or running OMEA (Ohio Music Education Association) events or lining the band field, I was there to show my band director I was ready to be a leader. My setback came when I didn't achieve section leader for the flutes

Music has always been in my heart ever since I was little, dancing to Tom T. Hall’s “Sneaky Snake” and “Who’s Gonna Feed them Hogs.” Though my taste in music has changed, I can sure say that it has always been there for me. When I was little, listening to Tom T. Hall and Chris LeDoux- my dad’s favorite

There are various genres that many people can relate to, but the genre that captivated my soul was R& B. Listening to this genre was different than the music I was use to which were Oldies, but in rock I found relief. Rock lets people be able to express themselves and comfort in the lyrics of a song. The artist that influence me was Bob Marley, I remember that gloomy day at the hospital in which my little sister was in critical condition due to a car accident, which jeopardized her life. As I sat waiting outside the room with my aunt I heard someone playing the song three little birds, and then I knew that things would only get

Words can ignite wars or bring peace. They can bring people together or divide them. They are communicated through writing, speaking, and even with music. Famous speeches have been known to inspire people, but music can also have the same effect. Music, in general, can make people feel a certain way with their lyrics and how the words are expressed; whether it’s angry, sad, cheerful, etc. A musician who has changed how people think of music and inspired people with his lyrics is Bob Dylan.

Music can play a big role in our lives. It can be remembrance of a special times and times in hardships. Music can be a language without words because it’s so powerful and you can see their feelings or emotions in that one song. That can be one way of how we can have connection with another person. It also bring us together like there is a party and everyone just sitting on the couch but when they start to play music, we grab our friends and we start to dance with new people. Music is a big part of people. A song call “Realize” by Calbie cailat play a big part of my life. The tempo of the song is slow and have sad emotion in it. This was when my family just got to America in Charlotte, North Carolina. We cannot speak English at that time but we still enjoy

Barry, Robin, and Maurice left the recording studio together, met crisp winter air. They all stood in silence, taking in the majestic skyline of the city with a glowing red sunset as its backdrop. Somehow each one of the Gibb brothers knew, deep down, that the album they had just finished recording would be their last together. They all knew that the peak of their career was long past, but they weren’t saddened by this. Barry, Robin, and Maurice all knew that their final album, This Is Where I Came In would bring a satisfying end to an amazing musical journey. The Bee Gees would be remembered by generations to come for a unique, irreplaceable music style. Their thoughts drifted to some of their most iconic songs: Night Fever, Stayin’ Alive,

A unique voice out that I think is out of this world and I will never forget it. Leah Beabout was one of the first phenomenal singers that I got busk in the NYC dirty subways with. I was unsure as to how to make the drums compact and simple so We would drag my entire drum set on a dolly back and forth each day playing in the 42 st 1 tunnel. I remember being deeply moved by her music and it keeping my fire to stay positive and push through the sacrifices musicians make. One of my favorite songs of hers we would play was called “Never Broke”. This song had powerful lyrics about how to count your blessings in every moment no matter where you are. To know your true worth and value and have conviction in knowing that you’re “never broke”. This

Ever since I was born, there’s something about music that takes me away and focuses my mind on the music and lyric you could say it traditional, contemporary or anything. I used to imagine it’s impossible for me to become a musician because of where I am from and of my age but there’s something that pushes me to