Six Strings

Sitting in front of an audience, strumming those six strings of my Epiphone acoustic guitar, and singing a song of my own. There really is nothing more relaxing and fulfilling.

I have always been one to play music. Ever since elementary school I would be anxious to get to the music class to practice the recorder or be one of the special kids chosen to play the bongo that day. I took piano lessons all throughout elementary and middle school and loved music but felt that I didn't find the right niche. One day I was playing my dads classical guitar and something felt right.

Junior year of high school I got a concussion and had back problems so I could not play basketball that year. I was super sad and had no idea what I would do with all my free time. I began to play my dads guitar more often. At first it was a bit frustrating because all I was learning to do was how to play three very basic chords. I was terrible at it. Despite my lack of skill I continued to play and play til I could slowly start playing better. 

Our family friend then was nice enough to let me borrow his acoustic guitar. I liked the way steel strings sounded compared to nylon. I remember playing countless hours at in my room, at my friends houses, or even at the beach. I was obsessed and finally found something that I had a passion doing. 

After practicing different tabs I would find online and watching guitar tutorials on YouTube . I was inspired to start writing my own stuff and put lyrics to it. As I began to do this more and more I began to find my own style of music. This video I am adding is when I performed a song I wrote my first year of college. I am so excited to continue to play and continue this passion of guitar.