How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?

Music just happened on us. I love it! Couldn’t live without doing it… just kind of comes out. As for composing for a group, I think that Joel, Leah,and myself add something unique. Joel is a self taught guitar player, Leah has a choral/folk vocal background, and I have a classical past. We’ve been writing since we can remember; I remember composing songs on the paddle boat at the cabin, for my grandma Ruth – silly stuff. “You need to write that down,” she would say… and now I am. We haven’t gone to college and gotten a degree in music making, but we have learned a lot from private lessons – and just from playing with each other. There are so many resources to learn music – be it listening to a CD and truly hearing the elements or taking private lessons from an instructor.

(MySpace)

This post is part of our 60-hour blogathon in support of music development and literacy within the Twin Cities. We appreciate you visiting the site – but before you go, we ask that you consider clicking the Donors Choose banner below and giving what you can to help enrich the lives of a number of local children through music and reading. Thank you. – Culture Bully