Michael
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"Music is the silence between the notes..."
Male
17 years old
The Quintessencial World, California
United States
Last Login:7/25/2008
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Michael's Interests
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| General | Music, Composing/Arranging, Taekwondo, Poetry, Running, Singing, Anime, Laughing, and hanging out with friends.
| | Music | Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov,Pytor Tchaikovsky, Modest Muggorgsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Wolfgang Amadeus Motzart, Caesar Cui, Paul Hindemith, Percy Aldridge Grainger,Steven Bryant, Steve Reich, Eric Whitacre, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Holst,Nicolai Paganini Sergei Rachmaninoff, John Adams, John Williams,John Mackey, John Cage, John Coriaglano, Nobuo Uematsu, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Evanescencem, System oaD, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Santana, Guns n' Roses, ACDC, Led Zeppelin, The Police, The Who, The Killers, Avenged Sevenfold, Megadeth, Freezepop, Hendrix, Hinder, Linkin Park, Finger Eleven, Fall Out Boy, Shadows Fall, Metallica, Green Day, AFI, Nickelback, Nirvana, Dick Dale, Tatsh, Asaki, John Coltrane, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, John la Barbera, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy c'mon guys, I'm a musician I could go for days...
| | Movies | Eh i dont really have a preference.
| | Television | CSI, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and all the other awesome cop shows. But lately nothing, i rarely watch tv anymore.
| | Books | Mainly Fantasy or Sci-fi. Eragon, A wizard of Earthsea, Harry Potter, A couple Tom Clancy Books. Maybe stuff about music...? I'm not too picky about my books, although it seems I seem to be reading a lot of memoirs lately...
I love a good thriller book too!
| | Heroes | My parents, My grandparents, Music, My teachers, and out of all my friends. |
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Michael's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Utopia | | Body type: | 5' 8" / Athletic | | Ethnicity: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Gemini | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | High school | | Occupation: | School |
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Michael's Schools
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Lodi High
Lodi,California
Graduated: N/A
Major: Music performance & Clarinet
Minor: Music Education
Clubs: Wind Ensemble, Poetry Club, Taekwondo, Asst. Drum Major
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About me:
Most people who read this should know who i am. You know what i do and how i do it. For those who dont, You can refer to me as Michael. I'm a senior in high school, and a musician. I play clarinet as my principal instrument, tenor saxophone for jazz, and piano for leisure. I'm a composer as well. I plan on getting a PhD in music education and music performance.
I'm also a black belt in Tae-kwon-do. It's lots of fun and has taught me many things. Friends are basically my other half. They are all that keeps me sane basically lol. I see them no lower than family.
You could say i'm a intellectual person. I strive to be better than my neighbor, which explains my competitiveness too. I really enjoy intellectual conversations, lets me know i'm not the only one who wants a future...
anything else you want to know feel free to pm me.
I also wanted to dedicate an extra special section to my dearest love and friend, Kayla. She has gotten me through so many hard times, and constantly shows how much we have in common. It's truly a blessing to be with such a wonderful, beautiful, and honest person such as her. She has impacted me more than i ever though was possible and i truly am greatful. We have broken through so many barriers and obstacles, and we continue to live on, hand in hand. May our love only flourish and our friendship continue for eternity. Our bond is one in a million. <3
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Who I'd like to meet:
Well besides people with answers, i'm ok. I'll meet people i need to meet when that time comes.
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Dedicated to you, sir. haha
You! -hugs-
I need to get you your clothes back, but Nikki's been abse nt and has your sweater hostage...So...yeah...When I get it back, I'll bring them by, k?
not really, why?
Yeah well, welcome to my world. :]
Yes, I've tried. And I just get criticized even more! AND I get yelled at.
They never listen to me and just criticize me more.
Nightmare was the best ever. And for winterguard, Chicago was the best ever. It set my standards, which is why I don't do winter. I hate the songs they do, but nobody cares about MY opinion. As long as the others like it, it's gung ho. -.-
Yes. Color guard. o.o
Woot! Yes I would. :] It's been bugging me that I don't have it, because I can't run through old routines and such. -sticks out tongue- ><
You wouldn't happen to have the CD with the field show songs on it still, would you? You know . . the one Vick handed out.
Hello again, Michael - I'm noticing that I didn't appear to answer your last comment. Sorry about that.
Indiana U., eh? Well, you must be very very good! A very well-known program. I actually exchanged an e-mail or two with Claude Baker [I THINK he's at Indiana] inquiring about coming down to perform or something - he said that they usually don't have modern acts at Indiana, to his chagrin.
So you start at Indiana this Fall?
I know! You've heard the one at the end by Dragon Ash, havent you? That ones awesome too.
The Battle Royale theme song. NICE!
Cookie? I would give you a cookie love if I had one!!! ^^
Thanks for the friendship and for the comment!
People who have a predilection towards classical music occasionally mention John Adams when they hear my stuff, but not often. I do have a piece on 'A Piano Saga' that I think might have some Adams influence called 'It Begins Again', and that was because Opera Theatre of St. Louis put on a production of nixon in China that year, and I was the van driver for them that season. ;) None of these pieces were directly influenced by Adams, however.
Whatever influences what I do comes from any number of sources before it comes from classical music, at least directly. While I've studied guitar formally and majored in music for a couple years, I haven't had piano lessons.
Charles Ives is my favorite of the 20 century crowd - I really think he was just saying something really powerful through his work [I'm not really talking about the dual marching bands types of pieces - those crack me up more than move me in any particular way.]
Anywho, long comment. What kind of stuff do you play?
hm i dont know if i like having to scroll down for days to see your friends and comments...so now i am leaving you a comment just to express my feelings toward that. thank you and have a nice weekend...
weeeeee
yes that was my sis in the background. and my kitty cat walking round the piano bench as well, lol.
naw i switched to I.S sophmore year. i was failing all my classes. but im startin to make the creds back now.
you still go there?
yeah i hear that.
haha
well, ive been good. lookin for a job, and sittin around. haha
its the sweet life
micheal!
it has been forever.
how the fuck have you been??
I love you too! ^^
Mike,
I demand we hang out
call me
I miss you
♥Krys
I'm good. How are you?
Hello my love!!^^
What do you mean approachable? O.o I don't like them. T.T I miss my old ones. These make me look super young and somewhat gothic.
Poor Rissa. lol
I am a blue belt now!!!!
*girlish scream*
evil band student brat. :P i DO practice, thank you very much. but you see, with MYSELF as a teacher i'm not exactly a brilliant pianist. if they hadn't abandoned me, i'd have 7 or 8 years of training by now. but NOOO.
good for you, lol. my piano is still better. :P
*Le Gaspeh*
Why poke?
Oh, what fun.
Tell her I say Good Luck!
...She's gonna need all she can get...
Lol.
I've been cold before!
Anyways, what's up?
Yup.
My baby nephew was headbanging and dancing to the Doors a bit ago.
Hecka cute.
He's not even two.
My brother's hair is longer than mine!
*Le Gaspeh*
There's no heater, so the house is an icebox, but I'm having fun.
So, you should totally time the walk from your house to my apartment!!!
Miketh!
I'm in Oregon!
I should get off soonish, though.
What's up?
*Hugs back*
yeesh :)
even though I ams sleepy and lazy.
*blink*
*blink*
are you?
i hope his wrist heals well :/
bad news :(
Chester broke his wrist!
He went to do his jump off the stairs during a show,but his foot got caught on the step and he landed on his wrist.
He was cool about it though, he kept doing the show!
I have loved them from the first time I heard them :)
go check out their sight with Chester's video
http://linkinpark.com/index2
lol
your a dork XD
that was so long!
the submit button was like, five inches to the left off screen!
lol
hey, do you like Linkin Park?
AHA