How Music Affects My Life

Ever since I can remember, music has always been a huge part of my life. There has never been a time when it was not. Since I was little, my whole family’s music range has affected me and I definitely I have them to blame for my love of music. My older sister had the most immediate effect on me. This is probably right before Mtv became a bunch of reality shows instead of music, but we’d hang together and my love for heavy metal, rock, and punk started growing. I got exposed to rock by bands like The Offsprings, System of a Down, Metallica and then eventually she would show me punk bands that I would come to love like The Dead Milkmen, GG Allin,Leftover Crack, and The Ramones. My other sister exposed me to a whole other side of music ,Jazz; which I will also came to love, with artists like Benny Goodman and soundtracks to Chicago and Swing Kids. My mom showed us

I was not expecting it to go so well since, sadly, the scene out here is dying. We probably are the last band to form out here in a while and when we did, we attracted a lot of attention. This last show we brought a decent crowd and it was inspiring. I have a few friends that would tell me about the shows back when the scene was alive and the energy they describe just sounds exhilarating. And they had shows at least every month, so it was a regular thing, hanging with friends and jammin. It’s so rarely now we get to go to shows and I want to change that.
If I get that guitar I plan to get better musically, write more music and with the success of this last show, try to have a show at least every month. I want that energy and sense of community to come back. Also hopefully we inspire other people to start a band and come play with us. That’s one thing I try to tell everyone. Start a band. It’s easy and so rewarding. I would be extremely grateful for this guitar and the lessons, and I can assure that I will use it to its full potential if I do