So since the advent of Instagram and the ability to hashtag (the year 2011 seems about right), #TBT has been in full force and I have totally missed the boat! So.. I'm gonna blog about my 'Throwback' moments on random Thursdays :) This is something you'll only get to see if you check my site regularly so.. hopefully you tune in for my kiddie moments :D
Ok on to this week's TBT ~
I don't know if it's common for little folks to want something their entire life… but I did. I wanted to be a musician for as long as I can remember. The desired forum for performing my music changed and evolved as my horizons were broadened, but I ALWAYS wanted to do music :D
I first took up the clarinet in Third Grade.. my Mom had been a clarinet player in her youth and I wanted to be just like her! So I picked up the horn and started learning about music. But playing the clarinet wasn't enough for me… I wanted to expand my knowledge and experience different parts of music. So.. in Junior High (I went to Patrick Henry Middle School in Granada Hills) I joined 'Drumline.'
Now if you've seen the movie 'Drumline' … let me just say the Jr. High version is comparatively mild sauce. Our group consisted of maybe 15 kids ~ each of us banging on some percussive instrument like we were Sheila E or something :D It was a BLAST! And.. being the total Disney dork that I was/and still am, my love for animated movies expanded to include the super fun flick: Fievel Goes West (Universal film). The movie was great and the songs were so much fun to play! I was kind of a mini wizard on the glockenspiel .. if I do say so myself ;) … and I LOVED playing "The Girl You Left Behind." It was an upbeat song filled with crazy runs that made me wiggle my fingers like a banchie.
Learning the glock taught me where all of the keys on the piano were, reinforced my knowledge of basic scales and.. it introduced ideas of horizontal fun when it came to music ~ a notion I still heartily embrace today! :)
Catch me later for more TBT Fun!
Ok on to this week's TBT ~
I don't know if it's common for little folks to want something their entire life… but I did. I wanted to be a musician for as long as I can remember. The desired forum for performing my music changed and evolved as my horizons were broadened, but I ALWAYS wanted to do music :D
I first took up the clarinet in Third Grade.. my Mom had been a clarinet player in her youth and I wanted to be just like her! So I picked up the horn and started learning about music. But playing the clarinet wasn't enough for me… I wanted to expand my knowledge and experience different parts of music. So.. in Junior High (I went to Patrick Henry Middle School in Granada Hills) I joined 'Drumline.'
Now if you've seen the movie 'Drumline' … let me just say the Jr. High version is comparatively mild sauce. Our group consisted of maybe 15 kids ~ each of us banging on some percussive instrument like we were Sheila E or something :D It was a BLAST! And.. being the total Disney dork that I was/and still am, my love for animated movies expanded to include the super fun flick: Fievel Goes West (Universal film). The movie was great and the songs were so much fun to play! I was kind of a mini wizard on the glockenspiel .. if I do say so myself ;) … and I LOVED playing "The Girl You Left Behind." It was an upbeat song filled with crazy runs that made me wiggle my fingers like a banchie.
Learning the glock taught me where all of the keys on the piano were, reinforced my knowledge of basic scales and.. it introduced ideas of horizontal fun when it came to music ~ a notion I still heartily embrace today! :)
Catch me later for more TBT Fun!