Emmy Estrada’s Music World

 Because of my own culture and being able to travel around the world, I have been introduced to many types of music and musical traditions from many different places. I am definitely thankful to have been able to travel the way I have and am also grateful for my own culture and its music. Music is something that has always been very important in my life.  When I was in middle school, my family and I went on a cruise in the Baltic Sea. This meant that we visited Sweden, Russian, Finland, Estonia, and Latvia. My favorite stop during the cruise was Sweden, which is in Europe. In general, I loved the area and thought it was a pretty place to visit. While we were there, we went to the ABBA museum. At the time, I was not really familiar with ABBA or their music. However, my parents were, and this experience made me realize why they loved this music group so much. I am very grateful for this experience because not only did it show me what type of music my parents used to listen to wh...

My faith has always been a big part of life ever since I was little. That being said, going to church every Sunday has always been a priority in my family. In most church services, there is always worship music. Worship music is a type of music that will always ground me and remind me of how good and faithful God is. When I was in middle school, it was the time period when I was getting more serious in the hobbies I participated in when I was younger. For example, playing volleyball started to become something I practiced five days out of the week, and tournaments were now almost every weekend. Another thing I participated a lot in was playing the drums. This skill ended up giving me the opportunity to play in the worship band. At this time, my family and I were going to a Spanish-speaking church. Therefore, when I played the drums, it was all in Spanish. This experience for me is something I do not talk about a lot because it seems like so long ago. However, it is something that I am ...