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as an independent musician I had pretty
much exhausted all of my financial

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options that I put towards my career I
could no longer afford to spend $50 to

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$100 an hour just to go to a recording
studio s like all my dreams of of using

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my creative gifts to share with the
world with fad but in being introduced

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to the media lab it's like a whole new
world open up for me I was being told

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that not only would I be able to record
in the space at no cost I would also be

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able to do the video work and graphic
design that I so desperately needed in

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order to keep up in the tech savvy music
industry I spent the next year learning

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just about everything that the lab
offered I was able to learn how to

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record and mix my own music I learned
how to shoot videos and eventually

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direct to some of my own I learned how
to use Photoshop program and design my

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own promotional materials it was like
all my prayers have been answered and

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knowing how fortunate and blessed I was
to be able to had a situation fall in my

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lap I also realized it was just as
important to be a blessing to others I

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was able to use the knowledge that I
acquired and Pay It Forward I began

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teaching classes to middle and high
school students through the media lab I

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not only taught audio engineering but I
was also able to teach personal branding

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and development classes as well I've had
the pleasure of teaching students from

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Madison East Memorial theallet some
collaborations with the University

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Wisconsin library services and the
neighborhood Intervention Program as

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well as a few others one of my biggest
Thrills has been able to take the

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technology into the juvenile detention
center and work with some of our cities

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at risk youth to be able to have an
impact and bring some joy to kids that

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have live some pretty harsh lives has
probably given me more satisfaction than

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recording anything that I could sell on
my own being able to express myself

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through the mediums offered in the lab
is amazing and to be able to pay it

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forward and teach others how to express
themselves is all inspiring the library

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is so much more than just books

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baby