[AlwaysSAI]

My very first instrument was the violin because my mom wouldn't stop hounding me about taking up lessons. I finally complied just to shut her up. That last a year.

Then, I started playing the piano and go quite good. That was another one of those mom-won't-shut-up-about-it things and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't my passion. I quit piano in the fifth grade.

I started singing in chorus in middle school and had my first solo. I got many compliments and it was then that I realized I could sing. By my freshman year, I had hounded my dad into paying for voice lessons which I had every week until I graduated high school. I also picked piano back up my junior year.

In the spring of 2004, I auditioned as a vocal minor and was accepted into the UNCG School of Music. I studied there for a year before realizing that I wasn't passionate enough about the study of music to be successful in the program.

I'm more of a stage person. I love performing. I miss it horribly.