Music helps enrich students' souls

By Trevor Fischer

Music can mean something totally different to one person than to someone else. Also, everyone has to have their favorite artist or song for a reason. It could be the rhythm, the lyrics or even how the artist looks. To me, music is mostly just a poem with instruments. Some of my favorite artists are The Beatles, Daft Punk, and Muse.

I wanted to ask a couple music questions to students here at Waldo. The first student I interviewed was Tristan Curr. Tristan said that his favorite band is Green Day and his favorite song is Hurt Feelings from Flight of the Conchords.

The next student I interviewed was Jose Diaz. Jose said that he doesn't really have a favorite artist or song because he likes a lot of different types of music.

The last student I interviewed was Brian Neal. Brian said that his favorite artist was Rocka Rocka Ali, and his favorite song was Billy Jean by Micheal Jackson. One of the questions I asked them was, “Do you think any poem could be made into a song?” and they all said that this most likely could happen.

I also asked them, “Do you think anything else could be made into a song?” Brian said maybe something like a story from class, but it probably wouldn't sound that good. Tristan and Jose said no.

The last question I asked them was, “If you were in a band, what instrument would you play?” Jose said he would play the drums. Tristan said he would probably play the synthesizer. Brian said he would either play the triangle or the spoons.

If I were in a band, I would play the lead guitar. I think a short story could be made into a song. I've written a few songs myself on a variety of topics. I've been playing instruments since fourth grade, and writing songs seemed like the next good step.