***Reflection Task 1b***

Hi, everyone! Today, I will talk about my roommate who is a very talented person. Her voice is so beautiful and I always enjoy listening to her. I believe that she will reach her dreams and goals one day in the future and I hope her dreams will bring her luck, happiness and many chances to be able to be better.

Like I said before, she is gifted with singing and playing musical instruments. Now, she is playing guitar really well and I just wanted her to talk to me about her background of music, thoughts about music and her future plans.

  

 ***Her Background:

She has been singing since she was born. At the age of 3-4, she discovered her voice, her big ability of singing. She says that “I found myself singing English songs, just making up the lyrics.” Then at the age of 11, she started to develop her English, being interested in music and try to play any musical instrument she found, such as violin and piano. She never had a professional education about music and playing instruments. She said that she did not know the theory of them, but started to learn a bit. However, she says that she still does not know completely and has many things to learn.

At the begining of the highschool, she thought that she should learn playing guitar because she thought that it was the best instrument that is fit to her voice and because it was very appropriate to her musical taste. She said that it was the best choice she  ever made in her life.

In the middle of the highschool, her music taste got heavier and she just wanted to play electric guitar and she thought that she should be playing all the instruments she could play. Moreover, she also plays bağlama(a Turkish musical instrument). She saw it from her father. She said that he did not know the theory of it, either. He could play it just thanks to his ability of hearing.

 ***Her Thoughts About Music:

The purpose of doing music is that she believes in it, like a religion or something. She says that there does not have to be lyrics to be felt because it does not matter which race you are from, religion you believe in. She thinks that she might be seem to listen a certain kind of music (rock) ,but actually she listens all kinds of music she likes because she believes that every kind of music has a place in our lives. For example, besides listening to rock, she is in the musical company and she also sings musical songs. She says that it is a team work which she enjoys very much. She also says that we should see it! It is on 26th and 27th of February in the architecture amphi. J)

   ***Her Future Plans:

They are to achieve her goals and dreams about music, such as being the leader vocale in her band or having her own band like Şebnem Ferah.

She thinks that if she does not get the chance to do that, she does not know what she will do but she believes that music will be in her life forever, she will not quit it.