How Has Music Impacted My Life

I believe in music. In most of my life music has impacted my life in most ways then I could even think of. I have also found that music can lift me up when I’m feeling down, can pull me out into the light when I conceal myself in the dark, and help me see that there could be more out of the simplest of things I see. Even though I’m no expert or critic of music, I really like to pay attention to the lyrics, the notes, and the rhythm so I could enjoy it even more. Music can also speak more powerfully to me than words when I try to look for something that could help me in life.

When I was around the age of seven, I began to listen to a couple of bands that my cousin liked such as Linkin Park, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and many more; blasting in his room while playing the Playstation Two. That is how my adventure on music started and what it has done for me. Every time I listened to music I enjoyed every minute of the song even if I didn’t understand the meaning behind the lyrics; since I was a kid, it didn’t matter to me. While others thought the music I listened to wasn't the best and that I should’ve stopped listening to it, that didn’t stop me from listening what I wanted.

While my sister was in orchestra, I went to every concert and I got to see how each group did and what song they played, but every time the concert began, I didn’t care much about the concert until the older kids started to play.They played the “James Bond Theme”,” The Pirates of the Caribbean”, and other great songs. Which made me want to play to just like my sister and the rest of the older kids. During the three and half years of playing the viola with my orchestra, I learned that I wasn’t the best of the