CHAPTER 8

Normative influence is wanting to fit in with other people and wanting to be like them, letting them influence you. Throughout elementary and middle school, I wanted to be like other people around me. Because of that I signed up for band because it seemed like so many of my other friends were signing up for band and I wanted to be like them. But I always enjoyed singing a lot more. I hated band, and I ended up quitting. I joined choir in high school, and it was the best decision that I ever made. 

I started taking voice lessons, where I grew the most as a signer and enjoyed my time singing the most. I managed to bring people to tears with the emotions that I was able to portray with my music and the days where I performed for my peers were my favorite days of the year. 

Mi Mancherai

This is one of the songs that I performed as a solo, and it was the song that helped me to realize that choir was something that I wanted to be involved in. Even though there were people who didn't understand why I did it, and there were other people who did choir who didn't want to be there, I loved it with my whole being and wish more people did things because they want to and not because others want them to, or others do it. (this is also me singing, I hope you enjoy!)