Hellooo! Ella Cooley, class of '09, baby! I'm really excited for Music Theory this year - and, not gonna lie, really nervous about it, too. I love music like my child, but don't know it as well as most of you, I'm sure. Throughout middle school, I played clarinet, but stopped once I hit highschool to take theatre instead of band. I started teaching myself guitar in the 8th grade, but haven't advanced very far with it. Last year I joined Concert Choir, which helped me to realize how much I really looooove to sing. Hopefully soon I'll be taking piano lessons, to help me better understand Music Theory, and because I've been obsessed with Regina Spektor since sophomore year. :) Otherwise, I've been involved with theatre since frosh year, playing everything from an old sheperd man to a gypsy to the Bride of Frankenstein. I also work at a kick-ass designer sample sale downtown called Threadlounge, Inc, which has inspired me to learn to sew and design, and to help organize the Fashion & Design Club at Gunn this year (join!) What else... wellll I just bought a totally boss record player off of Amazon yesterday so I can listen to my dad's oldies. Pretty pumped for that one. Ohhhhh yeah... and I have an F/G prep, sucka! 'Nuff said :)

look a blog!

Ey im Robert... im the one over next to Lido...

I played piano from like 5 yrs old to 6th grade, then I played trombone till last year. Then i dropped trombone and now I play bass guitar and the double bass. I really wish i still played piano though.

Im mostly into jazz music, and i play a lot of jazz bass. I also play some funk stuff since the bass guitar sounds so good with that style. I mostly joined theory to expand on my knowledge of jazz harmony and stuff.

I like composition, but the only stuff i have written is just little riffs to play with my guitarist friends.

Jackie Hwang! =D

HI  =D 

I've been playing piano for 6-7 years, and I just love it so much. I can't even begin to describe how much I love it. Whenever I see one, I have this ridiculous urge to drop whatever I'm doing at the moment, and just play on it. For instance, when I went to Thailand this summer, we toured the ancient royal palace. Inside, there was this one room with a beautiful wooden piano, and I was so close to stepping over the line and playing it, even though the tour guide told us a thousand times not to step over the sacred line. Good news: my brother stopped me with a look. 

I'm also in the Gunn orchestra (I play violin), and starting freshman year, I've started the tradition of playing my own piano compositions in the Spring Orchestra Concert every year. This year, I also hope this year's will be even better than the previous years! =D And I was very excited to win the Gerte Mosse Scholarship for my piano composition as well, last year!

I also play guitar (1-2 years) and compose songs for my family and friends. Singing... I'm okay at, but I can always improve! 

My last musical line: I LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. COMPOSING MUSIC. So much. Like two-lover-who've-been-separated-for-years-by-a-random-earthquake love. This summer, I mass produced my own album and gave them to all my family in Taiwan, and EMI Records. So I'm very excited to take this class!

NON-MUSICAL STUFF! =D What I do in my spare time: .... music. Oh dang, I don't have anything to put here. Even when I'm hanging out with my friends, we play music/sing. .... I eat. And read. =D I kind of watch TV too. But mostly, music. 

Tallyho,

::jackie::

Me

Hello. I am Lawrence Jau and currently a Junior. I have been listening to music for over 10 years now. I play a tiny bit of piano, but I am not very good. I think I like piano, but I am very bad at it so I do not know yet. I do not think my piano skills will be able to compare with anyone in this class. I also play guitar. I was taught how to play guitar by my dad when I was young, but I have been too lazy to practice. I have also been learning a little bit of theory. In 6th grade, I started to play the trumpet and I stopped playing after 8th grade. I listen to a variety of music, but I do not listen to anything that is not in English. I hope this year will be fun and for me to learn more about music theory.

Aside from music. I like to do many things. Year round, I windsurf, wakeboard, scurfboard, water ski, camp, hang out with friends, and eat. In the winter, I like to ski, snowboard, ride around on snowmobiles. In the summer, I like to go jet skiing, swimming, and atving in tahoe. Unfortunately, I joined a sailing team last year and now spend 15 hours at the least sailing on weekends. Usually, at home, I just like to watch tv, movies, and sleep and eat.

Zack

Hi, I'm Zack and I'm a junior. I have been playing the piano for around 7 years. I have found it enjoyable usually when I do practice. I have also played the violin, but only for two years at elementary school and middle school. I like rock, alternative rock and a lot of other random genres.

Something non-musical related I like to do is watch TV. I like watching shows like The Office, The Simpsons, South Park 30 Rock, Heroes, Psych, Prison Break, My Name is Earl, and a lot of other shows as well.

Michelle

Hi, I'm a junior, and I've been playing the piano for 8 years.

Music is a HUGE part of my life.  I don't know what I would do if I didn't have a piano lying around for me to express myself with.  Maybe I would explode...  I played the clarinet for about 5 years, but I honestly didn't enjoy the spit and smell and only-allowed-one-note-at-a-time-ness, so I dropped it in favor of piano.  I love jazz, latin, and classical music, and I think that the most important part of playing music is how I feel it, and how I convey that feeling.  It makes it worth listening to.

Besides music, I play soccer and draw and COOK in my free time.  I love baking pineapple cookies with yummy sugary frosting.  I live with my grandparents, and I have a dog that will NOT (no matter what people say) respond to Timmy falling down the well, and an annoying brother that never fails to get on my nerves.  By the by, he's a freshman, so if you see him don't hesitate to put him in a trash can or tape him to a pole.  Whatever suits you best. (Kidding!)

Oh, and if you prefer Shelly (maybe Michelle's too long for you)  I can be Shelly too. =)

Nidia! :]

So I feel slightly inadequate considering most of this class has been playing an instrument for quite some time. I took piano for a year but kind of took a break after that, to be honest, I have nooo idea why. I've been teaching myself guitar since March of 2008, so I can't really call myself a guitarist, but anytime I see one I have a HUGE craving to play and sing. I played clarinet in 4th grade and looking back, I should have continued because I was actually good. I love music, this is cliche, but I don't know what I'd do without it. I can't live a day without singing, that's my main thing, singing. Ever since I discovered I had a singing voice, I've never been able to shut up. I was actually going to audition for American Idol, (you can laugh, I laugh at myself for it too haha), but I decided the memories and traditions of senior year only happen once, and American Idol happens every year, and I didn't want to miss out on something I'd never be able to take back. I'm up for anything when it comes to music. I like trying news things, like picking up an acordian! :] Well, once I buy it. I'm not picky on genres of music, except all that mainstream stuff can get SUPER annoying, mostly pop. I'm hella nervous about music theory, because all of you are so talented/fundamentally smart about music, but I'm still really excited and so ready to work my lazy senior butt off to pass this class haha. I want to major in music and minor in photography when I go to college.

Something non-music related...
i LOVE tv: (It's all about House & Family Guy)
i eat when im bored too max k. haha :]
im VERY into photography (my profile picture is a picture i submitted into the Palo Alto Weekly Photo Contest in April i think it was, I didn't place but got honorable mention, which is still really cool i think! :])
i stalk Shia Labeouf religiously
don't be weired out if i decide to be barefoot in class
i've just recently gotten into drawing/painting
i make those string friendship bracelets
and i can't think of anything else! :)

was this post too long? I'm soo bad at being succinct, I'm the wordiest person you'll ever meet
and by the way Mr. Liberatore, this blogging stuff is actually kind of fun :]