Personal Essay: A Music Analysis

Music has always been an essential part of my life, so I would always take any opportunity handed to me with which I could embrace my love for music. My mother and father were a big influence when growing up, because my mom loves to sing and my dad used to play the French horn. That having been said, I can never say I was one to ever be deprived of music. The love I had for music and singing was evident from an early age when I would listen to music every night when I went to sleep and sing to any stranger who would listen. I also grew up with five older siblings, and since I would sing so much, I would constantly be shushed. However, nowadays my siblings compliment me and love to hear me sing, and I never stopped singing just because they

In second grade I took violin and guitar lessons. Unfortunately, that was only brief, for when you have ADHD you often times will lose interest in things that require work. Violin ended indefinitely, but my learning of guitar did not completely stop there: in about fifth or sixth grade I picked back up where I left off and attempted to reteach myself from my guitar book, and eventually looked to the internet for guidance, where I learned to actually play chords and songs. It wasn’t until January of 2012 that I got my first legitimate guitar, and from that point on I was absolutely in love. My guitar was my safe haven and my baby. When I was upset or frustrated? Play guitar. Bored? Guitar. Happy? Guitar. There was just something fascinating, soothing, and exhilarating about playing certain chords and different strum patterns - it was addictive! The more I learned, the more I wanted to share, so I would go out to different parks and play guitar and sing - not for money or anything, but simply just to share what I have accomplished and what I am able to produce with the world. One of my favorite things about taking my guitar away from home is having other people surround me and sing along. It’s so amazing how music can bring people together, even in the smallest of ways. Learning an instrument is an incredible skill to obtain and I recommend trying it out

For instance, perhaps my all time favorite song is Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, the reasons for this being: 1) It spreads across just about every genre of music in its time 2) Because of the variety and changes it never grows old and boring like repetitive songs you’ll hear on the radio 3) Freddie Mercury has such an incredible range and 4) It is an absolute masterpiece not only in composition, but lyrically as well. I was actually late to the party when it came to hearing the song in the first place, but as soon as I listened to it I was sucked right in, and anytime I come across someone who has yet to hear it, I immediately tell them to listen to it, because it is life-changing. Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most addicting songs to ever be written, and you almost can’t not sing along with it. In fact, whenever depression may take over and I grow numb, I turn it on, and slowly but surely I find myself coming back to the world, because it is just that powerful. It’s songs like Bohemian Rhapsody that I urge people to listen to, because I want others to experience music similar to how I do. I want everyone to be happy, and music makes me happy, so why not share a song that makes me happy with others so that they can be happy as well? There is absolutely no reason not