There is one thing that almost everyone in the world has in common, and that is a love of music. Music is able to unlock people's self-expression, they become more intelligent, and their creativity can soar to new heights. The great thing about music is that it's a universal language; there are so many forms and genres, but it can easily draw people together and give a sense of comfort.
Personally, I was introduced to the world of music in the third grade when I began taking piano lessons at my elementary school. Over the course of the next four years I crafted my skill, and was able to get all the basics down. In 2009, I graduated and moved to my high-school, but that did't stop me. I continued taking lessons until the end of my sophomore year of high school. By then, I was able to play more advanced pieces, as well as more contemporary works of the time, such as pop, country, and musical songs. At the end of my sophomore year, I decided that I wasn't really learning much more. It had been eight years since I began taking lessons and at that time, I was basically practicing the same types of songs, just with increasing difficulty.
Although that chapter of my career had ended, a new one was about to begin. The summer before my junior year of high-school, I decided I wanted to pursue music further but with a new instrument. That July, I had gotten my first acoustic guitar and was excited to learn something new. Up until I went away from college, I took weekly lessons at the Troy Music Academy, and I was able to learn the basic concepts of playing a guitar. Even though I'm currently not taking any lessons, Music is still of a great importance to me. It'd be great if I was able to release an original album when I'm older. I personally like the guitar better because it's quicker to learn and easier to play more modern songs.
Without music in my life, it would be very different. For me, I play guitar when I'm stressed because it calms me down and helps me forget whatever it is I'm stressing about. When playing a song, it's all about passion, emotion and how it's delivered to an audience. As I grew up, I realized how emotional some songs really are, and there are some that I will cry when I hear them because the message being delivered is so raw and heartbreaking. To give a perspective, my music library on my computer consists of 3,109 songs and music videos, adding up to about 24.65 GB of storage. There is almost always a song I can play to express exactly how I'm feeling at that exact moment. Whether it be a sad song like "When You're Gone" (Avril Lavigne) or a courageous anthem like "What Are You Afraid Of" (Kerrie Roberts), I always feel like I'm able to relate to the lyrics. I've heard that "you can't touch music, it has the ability to touch you," and I couldn't agree more.
