Introductory Post

Welcome!

This will be my first official blog that I intend on actually keeping up with. I have blogged before, but that was in middle school, and it was just to complain about how terrible middle school life was.

    A little background information, I am enrolled at Fairmont State University for music education. I am a percussionist, which includes a wide array of instruments, including snare drum, drum set, timpani, marimba, and marching percussion instruments. I teach South Middle School's drum line in Morgantown, I perform in many on-campus ensembles. It has been a long experience here at Fairmont State, and so, I plan to audition for several graduate schools once I finish up my degree here, for a Masters in Percussion Performance.
   
     As far as technology goes, I have always been on a PC. My father works at the local power company and has always been great at fixing electronics, so I have had a lot of exposure to many experiences with the use of computers. I would never say I am great at working with computers, of course. I can not fix them, or troubleshoot by any stretch of the word, but I have had chances to explore a variety of programs from Photoshop to music editing software, as well as word processing and the like. I have taken a required course for my major: Intro to Music Technology, and I have learned about a variety of software and hardware that I can bring into my teaching.
     Like I said before, I have tried to blog in the past (outside of my middle school rants): mrobinson13.xanga.com/. I created this my freshman year of college and intended on blogging at least weekly. Obviously, that was to no avail (there is only 1 true post). So, I will have to really push myself to get into a rhythm of posting serious blogs for this class. I am excited, because maybe I'll be able to continue with my xanga blogs, or create a new blogger.

     Cheers to a new semester, and a new kind of class!

Michael