Music

“Passion for Music”

            At a young age, I developed a passion for music creation. When I was in elementary school, I joined the band and ever since then music has been a part of my life. I started out learning how to play woodwind instruments like the clarinet and saxophone. It took me about 2 years to learn how to play and read music. Once I got familiar with how to play woodwind instruments, I wanted to expand my skills and begin to start playing even more instruments. After persuading my teacher and family to allow me to switch instruments, they finally agreed on letting me learn how to play brass instruments. Over the course of my elementary band career, I was able to learn how to play the clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and baritone. However, for some reason, I felt that out of all instruments the trumpet was the best fit for me.

            As I transitioned from elementary to middle school, I continued to play the trumpet in the middle school band. Instead of trying to play both the woodwind and brass instruments, I narrowed down my focus on only developing my skills with the trumpet. I was taught by amazing teachers that were very knowledgeable and passionate about music. After playing the trumpet for about 4 years, I performed over ten concerts for the school. Some of those performances were for major holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. I began to gain attention from those performances, and I was selected to compete in several competitions along with a few members from my band.

            After middle school, I made a decision that I didn’t want to join the high school marching band. Instead I turned my focus to music production software and sports. I always loved sports just as much as I love music, so I found a way to do both at the same time. As I was playing sports, I would also cut grass in my neighborhood to save up enough money so I could buy a laptop. Once I finally saved enough money, I bought a laptop and speakers so I could continue to create music. I started using Reason and Fl Studio, which are music production software’s, to make music in a way I never thought of. The software’s were new to me because I was used to making music with real instruments but now, I had to use virtual instruments. Needless to say, I had to adapt to this change and practice until I got better.