College Admissions Essay: What Music Means To Me

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What Music means to me
The rush of adrenaline, you can feel your heart beating faster and others opinions of you flood your mind but nothing can stop you because you are so consumed by the moment you are on stage doing the thing you value and love the most, singing. The visceral, intense feelings of performing in front of a judge is such a vulnerable experience but it is worth it for you know you are putting yourself out there and baring your all to that one person. A song can be sung in a monotone and boring manner or you can tell a story and try to convey an overall message. There is so much room for you as an individual to grow if you enjoy singing and want to pursue that as a hobby or a potential career. Personally I have immersed myself …show more content…

In the sixth grade I was accidentally placed in a music class instead of band and ever since then I have been so grateful for that mishap because without that mistake I would not be where I am today with my passion. As an eleven year old, I never thought I would have a talent that I love or that I succeed in. Every Friday in my choir class there was a performance day that was optional and every single week I would sign up and sing so that my confidence would grow, I had and still do have slight stage fright when it comes to singing in front of smaller groups of people. I have a vivid memory of my voice shaking and my lip spasming due to the amount of anxiety I had built up around performing, little did I know that a few years later i would have performed in front of the choir at least a hundred times. In the beginning, my only thoughts were that my peers would judge me and that was nerve-racking but I was infatuated with the idea that your tone, pitch, vibrato could give a song a completely different meaning. Music is an escape from reality, you can sing or listen to your favorite song and be transported to another place, you can hear a series of notes and have memories flood your brain from past experiences. It took me around