At the end of the first semester, the Amplifier will be releasing the first issue of the 2021-2022 school year. Two students; Avery Mickey, junior, and Tiffany Utley, sophomore; were interviewed about their music careers, and how they began making music. 

Mickey commonly uses a piano or guitar to make her music on and has taken music classes all her life. Making music is a way for her to express what she is feeling without trying to actually speak it. 

“It has kinda helped me control my emotions so I don’t have outbursts at my family,” Mickey said. “Especially when we were stuck at home the entire time.” Writing out her feelings and adding music behind it gave her a whole new way to express emotions instead of worrying about taking her frustrations out on others. 

 When Utley got a ukulele a couple of years ago she started to create music with it and add lyrics. Learning how to play it and create her own rhythm allowed her to put words that flowed together creating something new to express herself and her feelings. 

“It’s therapeutic to put the chords and lyrics that I wrote together knowing that I made a good song with the emotions in the lyrics.” Utley said. By putting her emotions in the lyrics, she could relate to her own music and could create whatever she wanted. 

To hear more about their stories, make sure you grab a magazine on Feb. 1 to read it and other good articles. Learn about how your emotions can be put into music and maybe start a new path of your own in music.