a life in sound: my musical journey.

Music has always been part of my life. It gave me structure and a way to stay engaged when other parts of life felt unstable. I started playing music around eleven, after a friend convinced me to join my middle school orchestra. I was handed a violin with viola strings and played in school concerts for three years. It was my first experience feeling connected to something shared.

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In high school, I rejoined orchestra, but the experience changed. Moving from first violin to third altered how the work felt. What had once been grounding became mechanical, and the sense of contribution faded. During sophomore year, I transitioned to piano and spent the next few years learning music theory and building technical skill, eventually playing piano with one of my school choirs. That shift reconnected music to collaboration rather than comparison.

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Outside of school, I wrote songs alone in my bedroom and became attentive to the details of contemporary music that often go unnoticed, basslines, subtle synths, percussion patterns, backing vocals. Structure mattered as much as emotion, and the desire to create stayed personal. As I began learning production, I encountered limits I could not work through on my own. Collaboration was hard to find, and isolation became the default. Over time, music shifted from something I actively pursued to something I carried with me.

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Music continues to shape how I listen and think. This section includes unreleased work, one released track, and playlists that reflect music’s lasting place in my life. It remains a space I will return to more actively when the conditions are right.