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I know there is a thread about facts about Unit members somewhere, I think I filled it out, but I thought I would maybe start one about little known facts about myself. I have been in the Unit for six months now and many of you have become really good friends to game with and talk with, so I thought I would share a little more about myself, and if anyone wants to add something about themselves below then the more the merrier.

Many of you know of my great love of graphic design from the sprays, signatures and other things I do in the QM department, but my first love was music, in particular music composition. I got a dual degree in Music Education and Music Composition about 20 years ago and after a short stint (2 years as a teacher) I gave up on it and didn't give it another thought. I was devastated about leaving teaching after five years of schooling and just buried myself in working in retail for about ten years and left my music behind. However, when the company that I had been at for ten years closed (it was CompUSA btw) I decided to go back to school and get the quickest degree in graphic design (An Associates, two years) that I could. After I got out of school I could not find work in the industry, and by chance the school that I taught at asked me to come back as a teacher (because of my Music Ed degree) so, I didn't look a gift horse in the mouth and went back as a teacher. After almost three years however, the school decided to do away with my program so I was on the job hunt again (most of you have seen my posts in the morale office about this..) Anyway (bored yet?) somewhere along the line I got back into composing music this year, and have since created several works and posted them on SoundCloud. com. I have let a select few of you listen to them, but I am extending an open hand to anyone that wants to listen to my compositions and give comments, criticisms, Likes, hates, whatever you want to them. To "like" or "comment" on my stuff you need to have a basic sound cloud account (its free and painless) I am hitting the end of the year and next year I am thinking about approaching publishers about some of it, so it would be a great help if anyone in the unit could point toward what is "cool" to them.

Thanks,

Candy

P.s.

The link I am posting is for the "Sets" or "playlists" as they call them. You can also search for J. Candy and find me. I am sending the sets link because it organizes he music better and lets you pick and choose what you want. I have 150 compositions, so take your time if you are interested ) and Thanks!

https://soundcloud.com/j-candy-2/sets

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I have listened to some of your music before. Very impressive stuff. Music is my 'other life' too. I play in three bands.

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Candy you already know that I love your stuff! The clarinet set is my favorite of course.

I play the clarinet and the drums but havent done much with music in a LONG time. I do have to say I recently bought a clarinet and it by NO means compares to the one my mom had when she was a kid that she gave to me.... they just dont make instruments the same anymore.

A little snippet about me regarding music - when I was 15 I started hanging out with local musicians and was sucked into the scene running street teams and what not. It was pretty cool since I got into all the clubs and bars when I was underage (and yes I was a good kid and didnt drink)!

By the time I was 18 I was running a promotions company taking over a club or bar for the night and booking all the bands and taking a cut of the profits... I also managed a band but after I got them into the biggest venue around here they disbanded... they were high school kids so it was like oh hey we did it - lets do something else! That sucked for me but I still had the promotions thing which was fun.

All of that ended when I decided to take off to Florida which is another long ass story in itself!

Keep the music coming Candy - its great to listen to when Im doing artsy things! :D

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now do you play all the instruments in the compositions or do you do it digitaly or through a piano?

I use a 24 key MIDI keyboard that can jump octaves. I have done everything on that keyboard with Garage Band.

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now do you play all the instruments in the compositions or do you do it digitaly or through a piano?

I use a 24 key MIDI keyboard that can jump octaves. I have done everything on that keyboard with Garage Band.

Very cool!

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Oooh. I had no idea you played Mullaney. I wish I had stuck with piano too. I would love to be able to record this kind of thing.

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Candy you already know that I love your stuff! The clarinet set is my favorite of course.

I play the clarinet and the drums but havent done much with music in a LONG time. I do have to say I recently bought a clarinet and it by NO means compares to the one my mom had when she was a kid that she gave to me.... they just dont make instruments the same anymore.

A little snippet about me regarding music - when I was 15 I started hanging out with local musicians and was sucked into the scene running street teams and what not. It was pretty cool since I got into all the clubs and bars when I was underage (and yes I was a good kid and didnt drink)!

By the time I was 18 I was running a promotions company taking over a club or bar for the night and booking all the bands and taking a cut of the profits... I also managed a band but after I got them into the biggest venue around here they disbanded... they were high school kids so it was like oh hey we did it - lets do something else! That sucked for me but I still had the promotions thing which was fun.

All of that ended when I decided to take off to Florida which is another long ass story in itself!

Keep the music coming Candy - its great to listen to when Im doing artsy things! :D

Thanks Mullaney, you should get back into music if you have some spare time....I forgot how much I enjoyed music until I started writing stuff again, it has been very rewarding.

Edited by Candy 1st MRB

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