Indy Blog Post #3

My Connection to Music

I've always been shy. I've never stepped out of comfort zone until this year, when I decided to join the Blazers football team, but this blog post isn't about football; its about music. Music has always been a way for me to express myself. More specifically, playing the violin, and singing/writing songs.

I've been playing the violin since 5th grade. At first I didn't want to play the violin; I wanted to play the flute, which I had been playing for a year, but my mom strongly suggested playing the violin, so I listened to her. Most of the people in my grade were in advanced because they played in 4th grade and I was in beginner because I had just started that year. I practiced every day and quickly advanced to the point where I made the advanced orchestra with only half a year of experience. I went to middle school and played in the beginner orchestra in 6th, then intermediate in 7th, and advanced in 8th. The violin produces such a beautiful noise. I love how the violin is like a human. It can touch many people with its moving noise. 

                                                      

 

I started to write songs this year. High school just started to be a lot and a started to feel a lot of stress on me and I knew that writing my thoughts down can relieve stress, so I did. I got a notebook from my brother and whenever I had something deep in my mind, I just got the notebook and wrote it down. My goal wasn't really to write songs, it was to just tell someone what I'm feeling and my notebook is a great listener, to what my pencil had to write. The first time I wrote something down, I felt like I was writing a poem because of how it flowed. Then I decided to get my violin and play it like a guitar. I had a beat going and then I read what I wrote and I then realized that it sounded like a song; that's how my song "I'm sorry," came to be. 

Writing songs helps me creatively communicate with people. I know that one day I want to share my songs with the world, but I just don't have the courage to perform the songs to anyone but myself. I love sitting in my room and singing my heart out. I would love to do that in front of a crowd one day, once my shyness goes away. 

I know that in my lifetime, I want to inspire billions of people and I know that my music and songs can help achieve that goal, while helping me express myself.