Post 1: Music and Me

First thing’s first, my name is Brittany Zins and I will be your own personal musical guru and entertainer for the next ten weeks. Over a course of ten weeks I plan on doing three things, writing and performing a song on my guitar over subjects chosen by you, giving you a heads up on artists I think you should know about and of course a helpful musical tidbit to help you out if you are in need.

Why are you qualified for this?

Good question friend! Well, I was a music major at TCU for a year and then decided to keep it as a current minor because I changed my major to strategic communications due to the fact I didn’t want to be a band director or spend five hours a day in a practice room (not that there is anything wrong with that it just isn’t for me). I am not the most musically talented person in the world, nor will I ever claim to be, but I would say I know a thing or two for sure. I can read music, I am grounded in music theory and history and I also play three instruments including the bassoon, guitar and saxophone.

Well now we know the boring stuff about you, so what’s this blog really supposed to be about?

I have a lot of people tell me they wish they could write songs or play the guitar, but really it is not as difficult as it seems. I pretty much taught myself how to play guitar and write songs, so really with a little practice anything is possible. I am no Jimi Hendrix by any means though, so don’t start putting me on a pedestal or anything… just incase you were. What I would like to have happen in this blog is for every week you all email me something you want me to write about, like a broken heart or maybe you are in love, maybe you want to see if I can write about politics or me to cover a song that you really like and I will try not to butcher it- no promises though =P I want to forewarn you- I am no singer so please no rude comments about how I suck. This blog is for a project as well as for fun so no need to be a jerk. After I write a song and post it I will tell you my process, I might even teach you a chord or two on guitar! ;)

What else?

Ok bargain shoppers! Well how about I throw in an artist of the week section? This section will be about a musical artist that I think you should know about or maybe they are just having a good week and deserve some props.

And?

Ok, ok, ok! And how about I give you a tip every week to help you along in your musical journey?

Deal? Deal!

Ok so let’s get started!

Send your song requests to my email address as listed below

zinsbrit@hotmail.com


HAPPY LISTENINGS!

This is me btw. Nice? Duh.