Have you ever had one event change your life? Many have, but for some, this phenomenon is less of a single event, and more of an overall experience that has occurred over a much longer timeline than a single moment. For me personally, my defining event was much longer than a single instant, instead encompassing many years of interest and intrigue. My event was starting to play guitar and the journey it took me on to forming who I am today. Starting to play guitar led me on a path to be a much more open-minded person, shaped many of my political and ideological views, and most obviously, led me to develop a greater interest in and appreciation for music. When I first started playing guitar, I had already been playing the piano for two years. Piano had proven a great fundamental instrument when it came to learning music theory and mechanics, but fell short of attracting my ultimate interest in…show more content… While quaint and fairly insignificant, my room was home to the building blocks to be set in motion when I started playing guitar. It harbored my interest and experience, allowing me to better my skills through experimentation. My room was like a factory, but instead of goods or materials, it manufactured thoughts and ideas. My interest in guitar hit somewhat of a plateau when I became bored of the sounds and tones I was able to produce from my amplifier.
One Christmas, I received a BOSS ME-25 multi-FX pedal. This pedal allowed me to manipulate the sounds from the instrument much simpler, and in many different ways. That day, my interest jumped to the same depths it was at before my interest peaked, and continued to deepen from there. The interface on this device was very simple to use, and when paired with the manual, I quickly learned how to manipulate it to its fullest extent, which led to me achieving a much greater understanding in controls and sound building on an amplifier or modulation
