in the beginning

In the beginning, God said, "Let there be music." And he saw it was good.

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Here I am, nearly 11 PM, sitting at my computer. I decided to make this blog for the single purpose of having somewhere to go to where I can write everything I've ever felt about the one thing that's ever made complete sense to me -- music.

I was ten when I first became interested in music. At that time, I had joined my church choir and I wanted to find out what all of those notes on the pages meant. I wanted to be able to become a better singer and know how to read sheet music, so I inquired my parents about taking up piano. Luckily for me, my grandparents had a piano in their basement. It was old and dusty and hadn't been used for years. Around Christmas time, I seriously began asking for piano lessons and to own that piano. And I got it.

One of my Christmas presents that year was a collection of beginning piano lesson books. I was to start piano lessons with Dorothy Williams, a woman who lived across the street with me, that week. As I took lessons, it was evident that I was learning at an alarming rate. I flew through those first books in a matter of a few months. I was eager to learn everything there was about music. It was a different and forbidden world to me, and I needed to know its secrets.

I took piano lessons for five years. At the time that I quit, I hated going to lessons. I rarely ever practiced and didn't like the songs I had to learn. I only wish now that I had taken those precious lessons more seriously; I would've been a lot better of a musician if I'd taken time to learn and understand that music.

Starting in my seventh grade year, I took up the violin. My mom bought me this beautiful, glossy red violin. I took orchestra throughout Jr. High and up until now, my Junior year of high school. I absolutely love the violin and all it is capable of doing. I'm in the Chamber Orchestra at West Jordan High School and love every minute of it.

So, there is a summary of my instrumental history. In my next post, I'll comment more on my composing history and my love for composition and music theory, but for now, I'm off.

Fight the night

---Jared