The Hardships Of A Musician's Emotions

Those who are not musicians tend to think that its easy to be one, however they don’t know the hardships that a musician goes through. They don’t know that musicians spend their time just practicing hour after hour just to be able to portray what the composer was trying to show through their music. They don 't know about the breakdowns that a musician goes through every week, they don 't know about how competition breaks up relationships. They just think that music is for entertainment. Yes its is, but that is just one of its purposes in life. Music was created for composers to write out their emotions, it was created for performers to play out their emotions and its was created to ease the emotions of those listening. Now a days everybody …show more content…
I came from a very poor family and I was raised by a single mother who I worship and love so much. Being an hispanic or coming from a latino background can be very challenging and difficult. You are usually discriminated because of your skin color. Many look at you without knowing you, and just because of your skin color categorize you. When I was growing up, I was laughed at because I had big dreams. There where many who told me that I wouldn 't make it in life. Many told me that I would end up pregnant and not even graduate high school. Many told me that I wouldn 't go to college because I was poor and was being raised by a single mother. Many looked at me and asked me “why music? that’s just a hobby,” many told me, “You won 't gain a proper life through music,” “ You should be someone with a known degree like a Doctor, Lawyer, someone big.” However I said to myself, “so what? So what if I’m poor, so what if I only have a mom, so what if I want to pursue music?” so I told myself this, “I am like any other person, I am smart, I don 't want to be categorized, I want to give my mother the life that she deserves, I want to be a role model to my siblings, I want to be known, and I want to prove everybody who doubts me wrong.” And so I …show more content…
Music help trained me with other aspects of life. For example, in order to pursue music, I had to have good grades to stay in my music classes and also to compete. I had to have good grades in order to qualify for a private lesson teacher. Music helped me stay strict on my studies. It also helped me socialize. I was able to meet other musicians with such amazing talent. Music also helped me understand people, and it helped me to become someone respected and acknowledge for my talent. I wasn 't just the categorized hispanic girl who only had a mom. I was Susana, an amazing guitar player. I was Susana, the awesome French Horn player. I was Susana, from Band. I was Susana, the talented musician. I was being recognized for my abilities, as a student, a musician and as a person. I am grateful to have become a musician even with all the hardships and I am especially grateful to music for helping ease the pain, for helping me be a part of a community, for introducing me to amazing teachers, and performers. I am grateful to music for taking the stereotypical label off. Music is my religion. Music was my salvation. My last goal in life is to be able to portray my soul through the music that I compose and hopefully one day my soul and love for music will live on through my