Musical Autobiography

After my mother put me to bed as a child, I would only wait ten minutes to sneak out of my room again. Out of view, I would sit on the steps and listen to my father and his band playing in the kitchen. The way they all sang and strummed and laughed together was so jubilant, there was no way I could possibly sleep with that amount of passion and happiness floating in the air. Since I can remember, they would come over our house almost every weekend and play until the dead of night. Even with this happening almost every week, I still could not get enough of the music.

Seeing as I come from a very musically-driven household, music has always been a massive part of my life. Even just the thought of one of my favorite songs creates the illusion that all of my stress and problems are just floating away. It is a source of comfort and warmth even when life is unthinkably cold. The simple passion of listening to my father play his guitar and sing with his friends has lead me to seek out almost every meaningful experience I have had and drove me to reach great

As a result, I joined stage crew. Through this club I met a network of people who shared my ardor to create something beautiful. This gave me a feeling of joy I had only felt from watching my father in the kitchen from the sidelines. The thrill of working together as a team to produce something almost magical, made me feel as though the universe was in my hands. I put my heart into stage crew because it was the first time I felt this magic first hand. Now, in my senior year, I am the Stage Manager and Vice President of the club. Without being surrounded by my family’s passion for music in my childhood, I could have never achieved anything I have on stage crew. And consequently, I never would have met all of the like-minded, inspiring friends that I have because of the