I watched Star Wars with my brother -Dave- for the first time one Christmas and from then on we were both hooked. Star Wars on telly at Christmas became our tradition. It was the only thing that was predictable and good; amongst the instability of our family home. It enabled us to escape into our imaginations and to dream about ‘how great life would be’, if the imagination became a reality. Even thinking about Star Wars
I invest hundreds of hours a year into it, and every two years I get the opportunity to take a trip with my highschool marching band to somewhere special. This year Disney was chosen so that we could march in one of Disney's well known parades. Disney and Colorgaurd combined pretty much make up the trip of my dreams. I mean who wouldn't want to go to Disney World with dozens of your closest friends? I found out a few weeks ago that my family could not financially send my brother and I on this
COS English 1001 Instructor: Jacalyn McNamara Amelia Anderson Remembering an Event June 6th 2014 Thesis: This event was important to me because I got to see my brother and my boyfriend perform onstage in Ashland. The event took place at club 66 up in Ashland Oregon. My brothers band and two other bands, Tallboy and Bloodoath played that day. We left for the show about 1pm on Friday. It was a warm summer day almost too warm considering what I decided to ware, a dayglow green outfit with a black top and shorts.
This seemed to be quite true with the concert I attended at Texas Christian University on Saturday. My first impression of the opening act, Tim Halperin was surprisingly good. I’m a sucker for good keyboard licks. It began with a bluesy minor pentatonic lick that immediately caught my attention. The song seemed up beat and quite catchy to the crowd; but after awhile my
DJ Williams Projekt Two days ago on Sunday, December 9th I went with my roommate, to see the DJ Williams Projekt, one of the most popular bands of Richmond in recent times. The group consisted of DJ Williams on guitar, also added vocals from time to time, Dusty Simmons on the drums, Brian Mahne on the keyboard, Gordon Jones on the saxophone, Todd Herrington on the bass, and Mark Ingraham on the trumpet. Café Diem, which holds an open mic night every Sunday, is where this sextet performed for us. It is a small restaurant located on N. Sheppard Street in Richmond. Besides for open mic night on Sundays, they have live music every night of the week.
Music was an escape for Bruce, and he was inspired to pursue a career in music after seeing Elvis and the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. He taught himself to play the guitar, and when he was 16; his mother took out a loan to buy him a guitar for Christmas. During Bruce Springsteen concerts, he would express feelings about his family and the problems he endure during childhood. Basically he used memories from childhood and current issues to write his music. One of the best songs he ever wrote was “Born to Run”.
Imagine that! I recall previewing this CD in the store prior to purchase and enjoying the beat of the music – particularly as it was something I had never heard of before. My aunt then purchased a Discman, and the CD for me – and I was well on my way to building my music collection. Soon followed the purchase of various Christian Rap CDs, as well as some various secular music purchases. As I continued to grow and mature, and as we moved to Central Virginia when I was the ripe age of ten, I was able to further expand my music appreciation amongst classical, oldies, talk radio, hip-hop, rap, R&B, rock, metal, etc.
It seems like it was just yesterday when I decided on what I wanted to do or to be in my life.Time has gone by but I still have the same idea and that is being a music teacher. When I was younger everything around me, including the people, influenced me to want to teach music . As a teenager I started working every summer at a music camp in New Orleans. My job was to teach children ages six to thirteen how to read music and also how to play the instruments. My first year here was difficult but by my second year I became someone my peers and younger kids than me looked up to.
I have done things due to a group that I know I would never do if I were by myself. A time I have done this was during my freshman year in high school. High school is a big change from middle school. One change I encountered was going out to parties and socializing more. I used to be very quiet but the minute high school came I became a social butterfly and would go out constantly.
Yuanyuan Mao MUS-120 10:20AM 17/10/2012 symphonic band My first concert experience Last Friday night, I got my first concert experience in Van Meter Hall for University symphonic band concert. It was a memorable musical feast. The first program is called Fanfare for the Ozarks. Before it beginning, The bandmaster introduced the principal flute for us. Fanfare has a dramatic start, just like a communicating between difference instruments.