Ian Buford's Influence On Me

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A person who has had a significant influence on me is Ian Buford, a friend of mine. As background, I first met Ian as a freshman through one of my best friends from another school. He is a year older than me, and an aspiring musician. In the 4 years that I have known him, he has been in 3 bands, and I have gone to countless shows that he has played in. Recently, his current band got signed, and they’re touring this summer. As a musician, Ian inspired me at first to practice more, and always told me and anyone else who played to just keep playing. Of course, I'm not planning to major in music, his influence goes beyond that.
Ian is a friendly, energetic person, and he surrounds himself with love and positive energy wherever he goes. He’s friends with everyone, because everyone likes him. Everything he does he does with love, he even clicks the "love" button on facebook instead of "like". Ian is one of those people who only does what he wants to do, he doesn’t just allow himself to be dragged along places. He has always known what he wants to do, and who he wants to be with when he does it. In this way, Ian influences me to be, maybe not a better …show more content…

He has a seemingly endless drive to pursue his passion, one that led him to drop out of college almost as soon as he enrolled, and make music as if it’s the only thing he truly knows how to do. Any time I’m with him, he’s playing music, either in a concert, just on any guitar he can get his hands on, or maybe even showing the group a song on his phone. He is one of the few people I personally know who is truly passionate, and he gives some of his passion to everyone around him. He has such a positive energy, and so much talent. Watching him perform is amazing, he loses himself in the music, he becomes a different person, one that only he knows. He bares his soul for every performance, even if it’s just a high school talent show. There is no off switch for his

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