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Have I ever told you how and why I started and later on quitted from learning music? Cause it was quite a ride
So, first of all, when I was little I wanted to be a harpist. But there were no music academies close so I never had the chance 
(ONE DAY THO, ONE DAY I'LL LEARN)
(ONE DAY THO, ONE DAY I'LL LEARN)
My little sister started studying music in this new academy that opened close to where we live. When it was time for her to choose an instrument she picked guitar and my mom asked me if I wanted to learn too, so I said sure.
Turns out guitar was very in demand so there were no hours for me . I then looked at the list of other instruments and decided to go for piano!
. I then looked at the list of other instruments and decided to go for piano!
Why piano? Cause my grandparents had one from when my mom and her siblings were young, so I didn't need to purchase an instrument 
I also thought about violin, but my bff at the time was 2 years away from becoming a proffesional violinist and he scared me away from it :(
I also thought about violin, but my bff at the time was 2 years away from becoming a proffesional violinist and he scared me away from it :(
So I started piano and music theory and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. It was soooooo cool!! My music theory teacher was an angel. She was also my mom's cello teacher and she was super talented. My piano teacher was great but she was substituting for my actual piano teacher and...
Then my actual piano teacher came and she was the worst. She made me cry so often I started hating piano. I still remember my first classes with her. I knew little to nothing about music so I was struggling a bit.
It was my third lesson and she wanted me to coordinate sight-reading treble and bass cleff with playing on time and singing the notes I was playing. The thing is, I'm tone deaf, so I knew I could not sing those notes for the life of me. And my anxiety made it all worse.
She was a living nightmare so eventually, after I believe 2 years, I had to quit. I couldn't deal with her anymore. But I still wanted to learn music, so I switched to percussion cause back then I used to dance so I thought that I may be okay with rythm. And I was!
Percussion quickly became my passion. At first I thought I was just going to learn how to play drums, but then my teacher introduce me to timpani and the marimba and !!!!!! I WAS IN LOVE???? Like holy shit this is everything!!!!! And my teacher was crazy good too!
He was great at dealing with my anxiety when it prevented me from playing and I started getting more and more confortable in class and it was heaven I swear.
One month into playing he told me after class "hey you know what would help you? Coming into this ensemble I created"
One month into playing he told me after class "hey you know what would help you? Coming into this ensemble I created"
Listen I PANICKED LIKE A LOT. Cause I was new and I sucked and playing with people??? I was afraid of ruining things but he kinda forced me so I was like okay... And I'm glad I accepted bc it's one of the best experiences I've ever had!!!
Turns out one of my friends was also there so it made things a bit easier, but in general they were all so welcoming??? I was in shock. I evem messed up badly in one of the performances we did and they didn't hate on me???? What a blessing they were.
Of course things couldn't stay this way or I would not be doing this thread, would I?
In my second year my music theory teacher left the academy to tour Europe playing cello (I am so proud of her) so they gave us another one. And lo and behold, she was my old piano teacher
In my second year my music theory teacher left the academy to tour Europe playing cello (I am so proud of her) so they gave us another one. And lo and behold, she was my old piano teacher
