Musicians make music their life. As a result the aspirations of becoming rich and famous pales in comparison. Musicians are a strange breed of people. Music is their life, music is what comes into their mind as soon as they wake up and go to sleep at night. Music is their sustenance and without it they are nothing.
The musicians that make music their life are very brave and strong. I admire musicians that put their future on the line to pursue their dreams and aspirations. Musicians, for the most part, found their passion at a very young age and were able to pursue their love. I consider that fact to be very inspirational and a blessing. Some people go throughout their whole entire lives and never find their love and as a result feel unfulfilled in life; so to find what you love at a young age is a blessing in itself.
The Soloist is a very interesting story that caught my attention when I saw the preview of the Movie with Jamie Foxx. Stories about how people overcome their odds and achieve their goals is very appealing to me. But this story is one with a twist. Nathaniel was a very talented musician who rose to achievement at a time when Blacks were excluded from that profession. But his downfall wasn't because of drugs or irresponsible decisions, but something one may call fate.
I was proud of Nathaniel for his success and willingness to work. Furthermore, I thought of his achievements and interests as unique and different from his peers of that time. Not most teenagers can honestly admit that classical music is their passion and the love of their.
Nathaniel acknowledged the pressure of being a classical musicians and the ignorance he would face just because the color of his skin- Yet he persevered... not so much because of bravery, but because of love.
I felt very disheartened that Nathaniel did all of the right things but Schizophrenia destroyed his life. He could have been playing with his peers at Julliard and had the fame and success that rivaled Yo-Yo Ma, but an uncontrollable force snatched it all away leaving him alone. The pity I was feeling for Nathaniel was tremendous. I know there is nothing you can do to change your mental deficiencies- we cannot cast out our demons we need help.
His story helps me realize what humility is. He did all of the right things and didn't take any shortcuts on his road to success but in the end his life changed...
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I didn't catch any syntactical or grammatical mistakes, and this blog seemed pretty well thought out, so on that front, your great.
ReplyDeleteI had a big smile on my face while reading this. Especially your first two sentences. I believe that modern day artists (like Soulja Boy or whatever he calls himself) are losing the main focus and are basically composing anything, so long as they make money. But, the thing is, I could write his songs. I mean really, he's terrible. And I don't get how people like them take the spotlight away from amazing artists like John Legend or Alicia keys.
Okay, I'm losing focus. Aha. Anyways, I do agree with your disheartenment over Ayer's situation. He overcame all of those obstacles, and look what happened. It's a shame how bad things happen to good people.
Well, good writing and keep it up. I always enjoy reading your writing. =]
Alexis, your posts are always so proper and so well thought out. There are hardly any grammatical mistakes throughout your post, and your main focus on Nathaniel Ayers was well planned out. The brief introduction that talks about musicians was really interesting because I believe that that introduction spoke about Mr. Ayers. For your 3rd paragraph, maybe you could have written a little bit more about the peer pressures of being a musician in contemporary times. Overall, great Job!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you stated that his "downfall" was because of fate. It was really unfortunate for someone like him to face a mental illness during his life time. I really love your first two paragraphs describing about how important music is to musicians.
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