Rachel+Staffin+2014

I think one of the best things in life is music. Even people who say they hate music, I believe, probably aren't really sure what they're saying because it is all around us, always there. If I were to calculate the percentage of my day that involved music of any kind-- whether it's a practice session with my new horn (her name is Connie) or a rehearsal with any one of the multiple instrumental or choral groups I am in, or just a song replaying itself over in my head, I am probably way past the 80% mark. Music has a power that no book or conversation or phone call can ever have. Listening to the right song can bring a hidden emotion out of a guarded teenager or bring life back to an ailing 80 year old. Try it sometime. Go watch an underdog make it through the first round of a national talent show. Watch the little girl's shining face, and the unbelieving look in her eyes. See the mother burst into tears over the fact that her baby achieved all her dreams. Then think of your dreams, and what it would be like to achieve them, just like that little girl. And tell me you're not inspired. Tell me you don't feel anything. I dare you.

Most people have a favorite genre of music; rock, classical, rap (which I don't particularly care for all that much, most of the time), pop, heavy metal, etc. But my love lies with A Capella music. I love listening to a group of people take a popular song, mix it up, and spit back an awesome voice-only version. The sounds some people can make with just their mouths and a microphone, to me, is incredible

Most people are 70% water. I am 90% music. So there's not much room for anything else, but I kind of like it that way.