Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Saturday, September 19, 2009

College Essay Draft

I plan on attending:
http://www.berklee.edu/ (california)
http://www.juilliard.edu/ ( New York)

Music! To most people it’s just a word but to me it’s so much more. To me music is a feeling; it’s not just some words to a beat. It’s that sound that puts your mind in a trance. Or that bass that just makes your body want to move. I could be the chillest down to earth person you’ll meet, but when I hear music you see my true colors.

Its one thing to listen to music but actually make music is a whole other thing. It’s like you’re in a whole new world. Your mind just goes, and you start to come up with all these stories in your head, and next thing you know it’s written on paper. When I write songs it feels like a mission; something that I just have to finish.

In one sense I am the music, weather I’m making it or just listening to it. When I hear music I feel like my voice becomes the melody to the song, my feet become the soul and rhythm of the song, and my mind becomes a place where I can see the story to the song. To me just listening to music is not enough I have to live and feel it.

Music is the one thing that I feel I can always depend on to take me on a rollercoaster ride full of emotions and feelings. The one thing that comforts me when I’m feeling down. And the one thing that gives me a sense of satisfaction and excitement. Music just sets me free.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Journal #9

The book I’m reading is “Perks of being a Wallflower” and this book is about Charlie (main character) coming of age. In this story it tells about Charlie becoming a man and the issues and experiences that come with it. When Charlie first starts high school he is very shy, and naïve. But as he starts to make friends he start to experience the transition from boy to man. When going through this transition he experiences parties, drinking, drugs, and sex. And slowly gets through the problems and consequences that come with it. This story is really a coming of age story because it tells the changes that Charlie goes to, to become a teen.

Journal #8

For college I want to venture out away from home. So I plan to go to school in either California or New York. I plan to go to University of California or to Julliard. I choose these two places because I feel that California has a variety of schools to go to but so far I’ve only been interested in UCLA. And I choose New York because New York is the place where they have the best performing arts schools. I still do have time to find the right school so until then I’ll keep doing research.

Thursday, September 3, 2009