I've always heard that it is easy to find an escape for the bad times. Not necessarily times of despair or sadness, but times of loneliness and blank fun. One way in which I have discovered I fill the voids in my life is songwriting. I never thought that writing songs would become such a passion in my life, but over the course of the past decade or so, it has become clear that being a singer/songwriter is my truest goal.

I remember back in second grade, I became friends with this group of people after school. We all realized we had a passion for singing and decided to form a little music group. I soon became the song writer of the group. The songs started out as trivial topics but eventually I began to pull from my personal life and allowed what was happening in my life to influence my music.

When I got to middle school, I began to write more and more, there were points where I was writing a song a day. As the years went on, I wrote less fequently, but I always made sure to keep up with my songs. Most of the time I have kept my songs to myself. I'm not sure if it is because I'm shy or because each song feels like a piece of me, but I'm very timid about sharing them.

One thing that has hindered my songwriting process is that I do not know how to write composition and accompaniment. I can crack out lyrics like they are nothing, but when it comes to actual music writing, it's like an achilles heel. This has been very hard on me, but I am making the steps to overcome it. I have watched multiple turorial videos on music compostion. Currently I am enrolled in multiple music courses that I am hoping will build my knowledge of song writing.

I never thought that songwriting would become such a passion in my life, but it has. Being able to write what I feel is uplifing and freeing. I know that whenever I find myself unable to express how I feel, I can always put it into a song.

Find your passion. Find your voice.