Fedesco,+Courtney

__My Band Goals__
 * Learn all major and minor scales
 * Memorize all fingerings
 * Practice better articulations for all songs we are handed

These are very good goals!! Keep up the good work and keep practicing!

Great essay!! (I didn't know your family stressed you out... HAHA!)

__Essay__ Music is in our lives each and everyday. Whether it's the annoying song that's stuck in your head or the music on the radio. Even movies have songs. Without music of lives would be dull and boring. So how has music shaped my life? It has shaped my life in many ways. The first way it has shaped my life is, it made me free appriechiative of our culture. In our culture we have diversity in our music. In other musical cultures, they either died off or they are ran by their ruling power. The second way music has shaped my life is, it has made me free going in times when i'm very stressed. School and my family stress me out alot. So how i deal with stress is putting on music. It could be any genre of music that relieves stress. The third and final reason music has shaped my life by, allowing me to express my self. If i'm mad i can make a song that sounds angry. If i'm happy i can make make an up beat song. And if i want to educate people i could write an educationl song. Music is everywhere in our lives. Whether it's from an old western movie or a Skillet concert. Music has shaped my lives in many ways.