Freesole: A Short Story

I sat down with Tanner VanderKrabben in his dorm on October 8, 2016, to interview him about how music has shaped his life. Tanner has been involved in music since elementary school, and his passion for music has only grown since then. Throughout his life, he has found music to be a powerful tool to express himself. This fall, Tanner began working towards a degree in music education at the University of Minnesota so that he could one day share this tool with his future students.

Martin Luther King Jr said “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” We all stumble and have setbacks, but it is what you do after the fact that will define who you really are. Don’t let one single person get in your way, push forward and continue to produce your product. All of you are going to be great, your biggest challenge won’t be a test coming up or a feat that looks impossible to concur. Your biggest challenge is going to be how to overcome the doubt in your mind. Once you ignore that voice in your head that tells you that you cannot perform at a superior level, you will reach anything and break any barrier. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince

Seeing him perform myself as he cohesively engages with the audience at any given moment, I was able to observe his devotion to his craft. “I like the intimacy of it and the immediacy. I'm a fast moving sort of guy. Even in the studio, I like to have everything with me. I want to do everything really fast….At every moment, every time I play the songs, they're different. It's really nice to be able to present that to people.”

There once was a girl named Bailey, she was known for her rich family. She lived with both her parents and her three siblings; Alexander, Christian and Dominic. Alexander, 20, was the oldest of the siblings. Christian and Dominic, 19, were twin brothers. Although they were identical twins and looked so much alike, you could differentiate between them. Christian always acted like a buffoon anywhere the family would go. Sometimes he would use his silliness to get a girl. On the other hand, Dominic always kept to himself, he would give people a baleful look when they stare or try to start a conversation with him.

I now realise that the Arts, including music, creates opportunities to engage, inspire and enrich our lives. Music making and responding can challenge, provoke responses and enrich our knowledge and understanding of ourselves, our communities and the world.

“I pay attention to those things. I'm not one to follow the pack and have always wanted to sound unique, always searching and stretching. I understand how to write and play interesting music. This is what I do and what I love. It's my passion and it comes naturally to me. Plus, I'm obsessed with it. I listen to everything and often. I know what's happening in almost all music areas. So there's a lot to draw from. I'm constantly thinking about creating, finding inspiration along the way. I really don't stop! Whenever I go to the studio, I have the framework. The writing part of my music is usually pretty strictly adhered to and then everyone is free to do whatever they want during

If I were to be in the DJ booth thinking about how I messed up the same song transition last night, chances are that I’m going to overthink it and mess up again. Even worse, before I even started booking shows, many of the venues wouldn’t let me play because they didn’t think I was good enough. Using the power of endurance I kept trying and trying and finally they saw how strong my perseverance was and started booking me for shows. The most important thing is to endure by enduring: understanding the difficulties, enduring the hardships, predicting the risks, and tolerating the abuse, all ensure fame and success for such a person. What makes one truly great is knowing how to tolerate the intolerable and how to endure the unendurable. “Everyone knows how to thrive in the good times. It is the trying times that separate the one who has substance from the one who merely possesses the image” (Chu 141).

When artists change, so does their music. Some change their style to appeal to a wider audience while others are affected by what surrounds them. Family, friends and lovers can play a key factor to the artist's change, whether it improves their music or not. Some of these factors help artists create music that sometimes holds a deeper meaning, but sometimes identifying some of these key factors can be trivial.

Every musician is inspired or displays attributes of predecessors. These attributes influence every aspect of their

As the audience spills out in to the street back to the everyday - ears buzzing with temporary gig tinitus there is plenty of joyfulness to fill the final hours of the weekend and it really is down to a truly triumphant live tour de force that is Black

From the day we’re in our mother's stomachs, to the day we die, we have always been listening to music. For me, listening to music all my life helped me develop a passion for it. When I was around the age of 6 my dad introduced me into the world of Rock. The very first band I remember listening to was System of a Down and ever since then, I fell in love with rock music and all its possible variations; for a long time this was all I listened to. It wasn’t until high school that I started listening to all sorts of genres and realized that I wanted to have a career in the music industry. That's when I learned about producing music.

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This ensemble project was led by Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris for more than a decade until his death in 2013, and boasts great musicians in its lineup: the guitarists Brandon Ross and Doug Wieselman who had double performance tonight, the consecrated drummer Kenny Wollesen, the Brooklyn M-Base trumpeter Graham Haynes, the saxophonists Ilhan Ersahin and Jonathon Haffner, the electric bassist Jesse Murphy, and Forro In the Dark’s percussionist Mauro Refosco.

With the pop punk scene continuing to grow in recent years, it is only right that pop punk legends All Time Low headline another tour across the United States, titled “Future Hearts Tour”. One of the more significant dates on this tour was at The Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 29th 2015. All Time Low has been to the Eagles Ballroom more than any other band, a record fifteen times. The concert on May 29th did not disappoint, it was a fun filled night for fans in attendance. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, All Time Low is known for their exciting concerts. This particular All Time Low concert had excellent opening acts, a unique setlist, an interesting venue, and detailed stage production.

I truly adore the significance of making music which works as an ecstasy since the day I have realized the value of it. The long term determination of keeping my dream goal alive which is to become a successful artist in the music industry and to influence other individuals with it can be strengthened by a quality