How Music Affected My Life

Music is everywhere. It is nearly, if not completely, impossible to live life without hearing at least one form of music. I have always had a deep interest in music, and as I started to grow up, that interest turned into a love for it. Music has truly impacted my life in so many great ways, and I know that it has helped make me the person I am today. I can’t recall a time music has not been a part of my life. Even when I was just a toddler, my mother tells me stories of me singing and dancing to the sings she played. Some stories I do remember while others are merely memories only she can recall. One story I do remember is of me singing along to a song called ‘Far, Far Away’. It was by a band known as ‘Five Iron Frenzy’, and the chorus was the only part I knew. This memory has never been forgotten. At my graduation party, ‘Far, Far Away’ was played and was stated to be my favorite song as a toddler. As I started to grow up and continue through grade school, fifth grade was the grade in which music truly started to impact my life. It was in this grade that I decided to join band. I was very unsure of what instrument to play. My two choices were flute or percussion. These were very different choices and to this day I question why I chose such opposite instruments as my choice. After trying out the two, I learned that percussion was

Finally being able to march in the field in the fall as more than a mere middle schooler was a very anticipated and exciting moment in my life. It required hard work and practice, and I was ready to give it my all. My first year I was given the instrument of bass drum. It was my least favorite instrument to play, but it was just a start. Once marching season ends, concert band begins. The peak of our band in my opinion was in this year. The group of musicians we had were all hard workers and knew how to work well as a team. We were a