Why Is Miles Davis Important To Me Essay

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I am the type of person who always wants to be improving. I look at myself and I see areas that I could use work on and I go to work so I can be a more complete person. I am very self motivated and driven when it comes to improving myself. I don’t do it because I want to be better but I want to be better because I want to help others with the skills I have acquired. However I cannot do this on my own so I have assembled a very exclusive club I like to call,”The Pancake Club.” The members of this highly elite club are the men that I want to be like in my life and thence I would make them pancakes, because what is a better food to sit down with and discuss life, global issues, political problems and simply good times than pancakes. This group currently is compiled of six esteemed constituates that I will share with you one thing I love about each of the individual members and maybe a quote from them. …show more content…
The attribute that Miles has that draws me to him is his passion. Never did he ever let his passion, which he found at such a young age, die. Miles used his passion to forever leaves his mark not only on the jazz world but the whole musical world. His influence was at the cutting edge of bebop, jazz fusion, cool jazz, modal jazz, and hard bop. His influence knew no bounds, not even death. in 2009 the House of Representatives passed a bill that would preserve jazz as a national treasure due to Miles incredible works. This bill was passed 409-0. It’s hard to get the House to agree on anything these days so if Miles could get a unanimous vote he is obviously a superbly influential person. I hope that one day I too can be like Miles in the sense of following my passion despite all hardships and forever leaving a mark, not for my own glory, but to use my influence to inspire those with the same passion to not give

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