Music
I had juries on Thursday... For those of you who don't know, juries are basically when music students perform in front of instructors of their instrument and they are graded. Well, they came and they went... I certainly did much better than I thought I would... I didn't forget any verses nor did I sing out of tune. So, it certainly could have been a lot worse.
A few months ago my advisor said to me when I told her that I didn't want to be in music anymore that if I can go a day without making music, then I need to find another department... Well, I can't. I truly, wholly can't. Music is as essential as is food. It moves me. It inspires me. It makes me feel things that I can't even put into words. I am in love with music.
I was talking to a student the other day who is just like me in the sense that he feels the same way about music as I do... he loves it but he doesn't want to teach and he doesn't really want to perform... and now, the birth of the music business degree program... and a music and law career.
I talked again to that same academic advisor today and she was one of the professors who sat in on my jury. I told her that I felt this way about music and she then told me that she remembers when I auditioned and that she walked out of it thinking "my god". She asked me about my perception of my voice and I told her the truth. I think that I am good amongst people who don't sing, but other than that, it's okay. She looked at me and told me that my voice is gorgeous, that as far as just raw talent, I am one of the most talented students in the program. She said that I could be one of those shooting stars and that the only thing that stands in my way is me.
My grandmother is nuts, granted. She told me something once, though, when I spoke to her about how adamantly I would never consider music. She said "it's not your gift, Melissa."
I am always looking for a purpose in life. I can't change the world in American political science. But maybe I can sing... and maybe I can be a voice, an advocate for the arts and how essential it is that we never forget.
and maybe I can just this once, believe that I have the talent to do it.
A few months ago my advisor said to me when I told her that I didn't want to be in music anymore that if I can go a day without making music, then I need to find another department... Well, I can't. I truly, wholly can't. Music is as essential as is food. It moves me. It inspires me. It makes me feel things that I can't even put into words. I am in love with music.
I was talking to a student the other day who is just like me in the sense that he feels the same way about music as I do... he loves it but he doesn't want to teach and he doesn't really want to perform... and now, the birth of the music business degree program... and a music and law career.
I talked again to that same academic advisor today and she was one of the professors who sat in on my jury. I told her that I felt this way about music and she then told me that she remembers when I auditioned and that she walked out of it thinking "my god". She asked me about my perception of my voice and I told her the truth. I think that I am good amongst people who don't sing, but other than that, it's okay. She looked at me and told me that my voice is gorgeous, that as far as just raw talent, I am one of the most talented students in the program. She said that I could be one of those shooting stars and that the only thing that stands in my way is me.
My grandmother is nuts, granted. She told me something once, though, when I spoke to her about how adamantly I would never consider music. She said "it's not your gift, Melissa."
I am always looking for a purpose in life. I can't change the world in American political science. But maybe I can sing... and maybe I can be a voice, an advocate for the arts and how essential it is that we never forget.
and maybe I can just this once, believe that I have the talent to do it.