Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Am I the only one who thinks music is our therapy? Our soul mate? The trustful friend? Won't judge us for who we are or want to be? Music can help everybody I believe music influences us in many ways. It shows us where we come from, what we believe, our personalities, how we view the world. Music is something that can't be taken away from us, it expresses our soul, music is there when we cannot speak our minds. We create playlist for every emotion. You could ask a person how they feel but it could be a lie so ask what they are listening to and it can tell you everything you need to know about how there feeling. Please if you read this post your fav playlist or album and the feeling you have.

Monday, 2 January 2017

Reasons why we need music in our school systems

Hi in today's post I want to talk about reasons why we nee music in our school systems. In today's school systems, unless you go to an arts school, when there is need for budget cuts or figuring out ways to save money the cancel the arts programs first, especially music programs like band. I personally experienced this two years ago with my own band. Our band is made up of seven different towns/communities with only being able to practice one a week with everyone and have it be a pull out class. For those who don't know what a pull out class is it means that we are taking two classes in the same slot in our time table. This can be very hard and stressful especially as you got older and classes became more important. Our band program was being cut due to the division being in debt, two of the biggest problems I had with this choice was 1) it was the only music program they offered for us which meant we had to switch schools to get a music type of credit for certain post secondary 2) none of the sports was affected by the debt, my school had just bought brand new soccer uniforms and new basketballs yet the band program they went after when they needed money help. We need music because it can help so many people, band is a place that anyone can fit in from jocks, to popular kids, to "nerds", to outsiders, even people who don't belong to a group, they are accepted in band and there is no popularity barriors. Music programs also help people with stress or emotional problems. I had a very good friend of mine state that if we didn't have band practice later that day she would have taken her life. Music United people and, at least with ours, we created a family that even though I might not like everyone there is not one person in band who I wouldn't stand up for. The list is endless for reasons why we need music programs in our education systems. Please if you read this post a comment on why we need to keep programs like this. Thanks!

Sunday, 1 January 2017

Introduction

Hi you can call me Alex. This blog will contain mostly music based stuff but every once and awhile talk about big problems in our society. These posts will be based off my opinions and mine only, I am not saying you should or not believe them and I am not forcing you to. Just please be respectful and the only rule I follow is I will respect your belief if you respect mine. Thanks if you took the time to read this. Talk to you tomorrow.