Schaner,+Andy

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MP 1 Goals

1. Improve my air capacity and the even flow of air into my horn, eliminating waves and instead giving the sound produced an uniform sound. 2. Improve articulation by focusing more on tonguing. Particularly separation of notes and getting rid of the muddy sound that I sometimes get when I play. 3. Improve sound in general. This will attribute to not only my part sounding better but also to the band as a whole because it will make the piece more in tune.

MP Essay

=== As my day progresses period by period I can only count down the number of periods until I’m in the music department for the remainder of my day. Over the course of seven years of playing music it has affected my life everyday since and will continue to for the rest of my life. There is just something about music that you can’t find anywhere else. That raw emotion that can cause any number of reactions whether they are sad or angry and so on. To become emotional over a piece of music is to understand it in my opinion. I am never ashamed of any emotions that surface during the listening of music. We live in a society that is so against letting out emotions out, especially crying. This attribute is found in very few other subjects. These very aspects of music make us feel human even it is for a moment. Music has shaped who I am over the years. As my musical interests have changed so have I. There was a stage where I listened to a lot of metal and fit the cliché that goes along with it. However as my tastes evolved they shaped me into the person I am today. Even as I type this paper I’m listening to The Beatles. When I’m not playing music, I’m usually listening to it. Playing music is always the highlight of my day. As soon as I’m in the band room I know that the rest of my day will be great. I truly don’t believe that I’m alone on this opinion. Music creates an escape from that bad day you could be having as well as loss and just everyday stress. It puts you in your own little pocket of reality where you can just let go and put your emotions into notes. In that pocket, there is absolutely no other place that I would rather be. Music has taught me to be compassionate as a person; most things can be alleviated by listening to or playing music, and that to never run from your emotions at any point in time. Music makes us infinite and I cannot imagine a life without it. ===