My Musical Influence

Logan Bangerter

History of Music

Musical biography

            Music has affected my life in many ways that I can’t imagine.  I suppose that it all started when I first entered into middle school.  For some reason, I wasn’t too big into music before then, but when my brothers introduced me to a band named 311, I started to get into them.  I would listen to them a lot everyday.  That was the spark for my musical interest.

            During the span of a couple of years, I started to do some study by myself about music, listening to band of all ages and genre of rock.  Then I came across Led Zeppelin.  When I listened to some songs by that band, I was amazed by the guitar work of their guitarist Jimmy Page.  After thinking about his style of playing for a long time, I decided that I wanted to play the electric guitar.  By the time I got into high school, I was able to get one, a Fender Stratocaster.

            While I was learning how to play, I came across another guitarist:  Stevie Ray Vaughan.  His style of playing immediately caught hold on me, and since that day, he is my main influence of the guitar and the way I play.  In just a year and a half after I got my guitar, I was able to get into the jazz band at my high school.  I haven’t put down my guitar ever since.

            Thanks to these experiences, I was able to get into music and be the way that I am today.  My main tastes are mainly rock and jazz music, but I also like to pay close attention to movie and video game music when I watch/play them.