Personal Statement to study Music

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

 My interest in music came at a fairly early  age  when  I used to love  listening to  Radio  1 and Classic FM as a toddler but it wasn’t until, after watching  my sister  and  aunty  at dance festivals who had been in a number of music projects and performances with dancing schools for many years  that I also  became involved.  I found  music calming  and  also realised  that it was  something I was good  at, especially when  at  9 years old,  I landed  the main part in  my school play  as  Joseph(Joseph and  his Amazing Technicolor  Coat). Later  in the  same  year  I won  ‘most promising  boy’ and  first place  at  my first attempt at  song and  dance.

 From the  age of  9-17years  I continued to  be part of  the  local  amateurs scene, performing various   musicals  such as West Side Story, Grease, My Fair Lady and  many  more  until  giving up  amateurs  to  spend  more time  playing in  my college  band  as  well as the  local band that I am with.

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 I started to play the guitar when I was 14 and took a keen interest in the instrument as itself and how it is used and manipulated in music. With my keen ambitions for music practise I started looking in to taking a music guitar course with a local tutor once a month. This led me to take interests in many different areas with in the music practise area, such as notation, different playing techniques and styles, and many new genre of music, although hardcore and rock became my favourite.  .  

 It was a learning curve  for  both of ...

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