wahmed 4 / 10 Dec 27, 2011 #1Prompt :Tell us something about yourself or your interests that we wouldn't learn by looking at the rest of your application materials. (While you should still pay attention to sentence structure and grammar, your response is meant as a way for us to get to know you, rather than a formal essay.)"Your instruments act as your pen, your choice of notes and chords act as your words and anyone willing to listen as your paper. " These are the words a young blues musician bestowed on to me in New York City's Iridium Jazz Club. The words not only spurred my ever lasting interest in music but my wanting to convey emotion through my music.When I began writing music it was a mean to convey any past experiences in the form of song. I amalgamated stories of hardship, serenity, joy and profit in the form of accented drum fills, rumbling bass rhythms, simple chord progressions and elongated guitar bends.For example I attended my cousin's wedding. There was dancing, laughter and it was overall joyous atmosphere. I went home that night and wrote a song the followed the details of what happened. I used fast pace drum fills to reflect dancing that happened at the wedding, a synthesizer to recreate the same joyous atmosphere I felt in the wedding, and strummed major chords on to my guitar to reflect the happiness I felt there. I showed the song to my cousin and her husband and they understood what I tried to convey a time of celebration.Creating music to me is like writing in a journal for the world to read. All my struggles are there, all my prosperities are there and everything details what I have done and been through.Word count:243
Mushrooms 1 / 6 Dec 27, 2011 #2When I began writing music it was a means to convey any past experiences in the form of song.I don't think you need the "for example". Maybe just state that you attended your cousin's wedding...Overall I like the essay. It shows your passion for music, and the quote at the beginning really captured my attention.
