Music, Not Just a Hobby, but a Life Style

My name is Brady, and I am very interested in music, playing music, writing music, anything that has to do with music. I started really getting into music specifically rock music when I was about 3-4 years old. My uncles would always take me for rides in their cars and they would make me listen to such bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Staind, and Metallica. They used to say that I would move my head to the beat of the song and try to sing or say the lyrics as I heard them. From that young of an age I knew that music was going to play a very important part in my life.

   As I got older, my parents put me in piano lessons, which was a great stepping stone for me. Those lessons taught me how to read sheet music, how to keep time while playing an instrument, and it opened a lot of other doors for me. At one point, I think I was around 9 or 10 I decided to move to guitar since I thought that was the “cool” thing to do. I never took a guitar lesson in my life, but because of all the experience I had taking piano, I was able to teach my self how to play and play all the songs that I once listened to when I was a kid. I also taught my self to sing and play so I can preform the songs live in front of friends, family, or strangers depending on who is willing to listen.

   Now I am 22 and music has taken me places where I would never have even thought I would be. I am now in a band and have been for 2 years now, and we are set to record and release our first real studio album featuring songs that I have written myself along with the other guys in the band. Also, we have won competitions for cash money as high as $2,000 and got to play in front of famous bands from the 90s and 2000s such as Lit and Buckcherry. To me, playing live shows is really amazing. The energy depending on what type of crowd you get can really impact how you play and how you feel when you’re up on stage. I really hope I can stay with music my whole life, not because if I make it I will be making tons of money, but it has played such an important part in my life and I hope that it stays that way for years to come.