MAJOR

Choosing my major came from a lot of trial and error. I was initially a Music Performance Major at Metro State, but I found myself at odds with the curriculum and teachers to where I couldn't continue in the program. I looked at doing another major in the same school year, this time in English Composition. I enjoy a good argument, and knew I'd be poised to do well in a Rhetoric and Argumentative emphasis. But weighing the options for a future job, I didn't think it would be wise to invest in something that would be hard to find work for. 

My dad's a longtime graphic designer, and showed me how to use design to communicate ideas from an early age. For a long time, I just thought that it's something that my dad did, but looking at how design affect almost everything in today's society, I thought I would take a crack at it and go back to school. And I'm glad I made the choice to come back. 

TEAMS

When it comes to working as a team, the best place I find myself at my most creative is when I work with other musicians. I write quite a bit of music on my own, but a lot of it is fragmented and feels like there's pieces missing. When I bring my ideas to a group, they fill in the cracks almost instantly. My favorite projects are when I get to collaborate on classic songs with my mates in my wedding band, and when I get to combine sounds from multiple influences when writing originals. 

On the flip side, I find it hard to work when someone in a group is reluctant to accept ideas that aren't their own. Just this past semester, a group project turned out to be really difficult because of a group member not wanting to participate or ask questions if it didn't apply to her ideas. I think those instances are far and few in-between, but they're a learning experience when they come along.