Lashinsky,+Nicholas

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=**Goals**=
 * 1) Get into at least District Band, higher if possible
 * 2) To increase my ability at playing things fast. This can be achieved by practicing things consistently to take them faster.
 * 3) Improve Sight Reading. I believe my sight reading abilities are slightly lacking, making this one of my goals. This can be achieved just by reading new music I have never heard before consistently.

These are good goals. Practicing your District Band solo will help you achieve Goal 1. Your other two goals will also help you achieve Goal 1. So keep up the great work!! I would also encourage you to not be shy when you play. You have a great sound and I know you know your music. Play out more and you'll gain more confidence!! I like the first part of your essay, but it doesn't appear to be finished... What else describes you as a musician? =**Essay**=

What Music Means to Me:

To me, music is a way to express things so that everyone can understand them both in the way intended, and in their own personal way. For a person listening to music, they do not have anything stopping them from connecting with it, as music is heard the same by all and appreciated without the need to know a single thing about music, the person only needs to be open to it. Music is the ultimate way to feel any emotion, and to find a release of emotion as however you want to feel you can find a song that will express your thoughts and feelings at the time.

For a musician, music is also an expression. You can produce music to achieve the same goals above, and music can be used to express their emotions. You can take music, which is just a pleasing pattern of notes and rhythms, and turn into emotion, make it into something that is unique to yourself, and that no one else can replicate, as it is based off of your emotions, your experiences.

**Six Words That Define me as a Musician**

 * 1) Slightly a Perfectionist.
 * 2) Passionate
 * 3) **A**
 * 4) **A**
 * 5) **A**
 * 1) **A**