Well I've been back at college for about 2 or so weeks now and, to be honest, I've missed it quite a bit. Like I said in my last post, I was pretty much on the verge of insanity for those last few days I was at home. To say the least, it was a relief to get back to college life. It was incredibly refreshing just to see my friends that I hadn't seen for about a month. After seeing them almost everyday for pretty much the whole semester, it was pretty weird to not see them for almost a month. My first order of business when I got back was to just see everybody. I never thought I would miss good 'ol Murfreesboro this much.
So far, my classes aren't too bad. Psychology is pretty interesting so far, but I kind of figured it would be. Computer science is about as boring as it sounds. I mean as much as I love learning how to use Microsoft Word and Powerpoint, I think its pretty safe to say that I wouldn't be taking this class unless I absolutely had to (which I do). My writing class is fairly difficult so far, but that's only because he requires a lot of research to go along with the writing. If you know me, then you know that I would much rather just write instead of finding sources and such. I mean what kind of teacher actually wants us to back up our writing with facts?? Lame teachers, that's who. Don't get me wrong, I understand why it's important, it's just that it makes something that I actually enjoy doing (writing) kind of burdensome, that's all. I really thing I'm going to like my history of the recording industry class because I had the same teacher last semester, except he taught a different class, and he's a really good teacher.
I can already tell what my hardest class is after only having two classes so far. Audio Fundamentals. It's going to be incredibly hard for two reasons. First of all, I have literally ZERO interest in recording and sound engineering, which is what all the content in the class covers. Second, after a single class, I can safely say I understand about 5 percent of the stuff we've gone over so far. Normally, I would feel like an idiot because of this, but after talking to people who actually enjoy recording and things like that, they're about where I am in terms of comprehension. Needless to say, I felt a little bit better about myself after talking to them.
I've got a couple of really talented guys that I've been listening to these last couple of weeks. First, yet another Nashville-based singer named Andrew Belle (sorry if it seems like I'm obsessed with Nashville, but I think I'm a little bit biased since I live really close to there). The song I'm going to show you guys the single from his CD called The Ladder. It features Katie Herzig singing backup on the song. In case you don't remember, I talked about her in my last post. Second, make sure you check out a guy named Allen Stone. I found out about him because he sang backup for Andrew Belle a couple of times and I really liked his voice so I looked him up. Honestly, I really didn't expect a goofy looking white guy to be able to sing like he can, but that just goes to show that you can't judge a book by a cover. So check out these guys because I really enjoy their music, so I hope you will too.
- Colby McHugh
smolby!!!
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