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What music means to me
I’m a fairly musical person, and a huge portion of my day is devoted to practicing my musical instruments; which is primarily composed of piano and alto saxophone, but I occasionally pick up my flute. I also plan to minor in music education because I want to give back to my community and encourage people to pick up musical instruments.
When I play a musical instrument, I can ignore everything that’s wrong in the world. All I have to focus on is that I’m playing the right notes and the other technicalities of the instrument I’m playing. Sometimes, I find it hard to express myself through words, but I never have trouble expressing myself 
through music because it’s not something that I have to try for. When I’m feeling blue, all I have to do is pick up my saxophone and let the melodies flow and I’ll start to feel better. If I’m in a good mood, I’ll go to the piano and play a Beethoven sonata at Presto and just bang away on the keys.
Also, music allows me to peek inside the mind of others. When I’m sitting in a concert, I can listen for little things that the musician does that signals his moods or his habits; a crescendo that lasts too long, a mournful vibrato. A true musician is a person that allows the audience to really understand what’s going through his or her head; someone that creates music that people can connect to. I love sitting through a concert where the music is so expressive, that after it’s over, it feels like I know the musician a lot better.
People find it strange that I’m so musical, but it’s a part of me. No matter where I go, I’ll always be doing something musical, whether it be tapping my fingers on my desk in a rhythmic manner, or whistling a random tune. Rhythm is in all of us, in our hearts which is constantly beating out a rhythm — the rhythm of life (that wasn’t supposed to sound so corny).
What does music mean to you?
Rascal Flatts concert
My cell phone rang, it was my dad.
“Hey, when is your saxophone class again?”
“6… why?”
“DAMNIT. I just got Rascal Flatt tickets from my company!”
“OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. I’LL CANCEL MY CLASS”
As you can imagine, I started jumping up and down at the thought of going to a concert — especially a Rascal Flatts concert! It was a strange coincidence, because at that moment, I was just listening to Rascal Flatts… Some of you are probably wondering, “Why did his dad get Rascal Flatts tickets?” Well, my dad works for a music company called Mozes which is basically a website which allows you to send texts to your favorite musicians. So, one of my dad’s coworkers got us the tickets for free. 
We got to the HP Pavilion at around 6:10 PM and I was still jumping up and down. I had read that Rascal Flatt concerts were famous for their use of pyrotechnics and flashy lights. We went to pick up our tickets, and met up with the rest of my dad’s coworkers that got tickets as well. I brought my camera, but I decided it would be better if I gave it to my dad’s coworker, so she could take it backstage and get some pictures for me.
After a few hours of walking around San Jose, we returned to the HP Pavilion at around 8 and took our seats. My dad’s coworker brought us pit passes, which means that we could go stand in the pit right in front of the stage! The opening act was Taylor Swift and it was… amazing seeing a famous person so close. I reached my hand out, and she grabbed it and handed me a guitar pick.
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Posted in Music on June 30th, 2008 · Comment