Personal Narrative: Freedom of Expression

Personal Narrative: Freedom of Expression

One activity that I enjoy doing in my spare time is playing music. I play the guitar and have been playing for nine years. I started off wanting to play when I went to a store and found a very inexpensive little thirty dollar guitar. I picked it up and started playing around with it in the store. At this time I was eight years old. During this time of my life I wasn't really involved in any activities and really wasn't that social among friends and other people. So I decided that it was time to change so I thought playing the guitar would be a good start. My birthday was coming up in a couple of weeks so I decided to ask for one as a gift.

On my ninth birthday I got that very same guitar I was playing with in the store. I was so happy when I got it, as if I knew that in the future it would be something I came to love. I started playing it and decided that I wanted to take some lessons to better my technique. Ever since then I have been taking lessons, reading music, and playing any song that comes to mind, that I would like to learn.

One reason I enjoy this activity is because it sets my mind at ease. If I come home from work, or come back from a long day at school, or am just generally in a bad mood, I can sit down and play a song and it will totally set me at ease. Just popping in a CD and listening to it can do the same, but when I make the music, it is so much better. Another reason I like playing music is just for the shear fun and enjoyment I get out of it. This that are really exciting to me are learning a new song, learning a new scale, and the best is when you can write a song.

Something else that I love about music is being able to play in front of ot...

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...hey can put their emotion into it, or they may, however, be influenced by another person in their life and want to write a song about it. I, for instance, find it hard to express myself and talk to people, but I have figured out that through writing songs, I can express myself with no problem. When people come to understand me from songs that I have written it really makes me feel good.

This is the one thing that I enjoy doing in my spare time. Out of all the things that I do during my spare time, this is the one that takes priority over all. I am looking to go places with my music, as far out as it may seem, but I have been raised to follow my dreams and this is the dream in my life. That would be, to play my music for other people to let them know who I am. I hope by reading this that you have maybe learned something about me, and what kind of person I am.