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Who I am at the deepest level

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What makes me different.  Aspects of my personality, my life history - ups and downs, feelings, goals and aspirations.

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What makes me different.  Aspects of my personality, my life history - ups and downs, feelings, goals and aspirations.

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Which communities feel welcoming to me. 

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Which communities feel welcoming to me. 

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Rolling with the punches both in everyday life and in adapting and learning as both musician and music teacher.

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Rolling with the punches both in everyday life and in adapting and learning as both musician and music teacher.

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A musician is someone who makes music in any fashion.

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what makes me similar and different to others

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what makes me similar and different to others

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subjective, inner versus outer, but also the way someone else sees me.

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subjective, inner versus outer, but also the way someone else sees me.

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By background and heritage

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How I want people to see me

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Introspection and self-actualization.

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What I do, who I'm connected with, how I see myself, how everyone sees me.

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What I do, who I'm connected with, how I see myself, how everyone sees me.

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where you come from, what you eat, where you worship, who your friends are.

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where you come from, what you eat, where you worship, who your friends are.

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Fake it till you make it

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Someone who knows how to listen and understand what they hear. 

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Someone who knows how to listen and understand what they hear. 

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All the many stages of my development

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I share who I am by the songs I perform, the songs I choose to work on and share with the world. I share who I am by the songs I write.

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Born-in-to identity and acquired identity

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What makes me who I am. What gives me purpose 

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What makes me who I am. What gives me purpose 

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Expression of emotion and connection with others.  Music takes me from my troubles and connects me with others in my band and with the audience, especially when there are no words to express.

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Expression of emotion and connection with others.  Music takes me from my troubles and connects me with others in my band and with the audience, especially when there are no words to express.

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This is something that I think about a lot, actually. I don't have a concise definition, but I look at musician in as broad a way as possible to include all skill levels.

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Rhythm & Beat

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my beliefs, values, and the essence of my being. How i relate to myself and to the world.

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as a person, strive to do good by my family and community. As a musician I try to play many styles and perform out often. As a teacher I try to choose curriculum thats engaging and puts instruments in kids hands

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as a person, strive to do good by my family and community. As a musician I try to play many styles and perform out often. As a teacher I try to choose curriculum thats engaging and puts instruments in kids hands

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To observe and identify sounds in succession

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just keep swimming

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What makes one student or myself different then another

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What makes one student or myself different then another

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There are way too many to write, but I would like to reference what Liz said in the video, that we, "bring our whole selves wherever we go."

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There are way too many to write, but I would like to reference what Liz said in the video, that we, "bring our whole selves wherever we go."

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Someone who communicates feelings and visions.

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Someone who communicates feelings and visions.

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My name/background and the history behind it.

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as a person - I am a father, husband, music lover, and a million other things. As a musician, I am a guitarist, drummer, keyboard and bassist and singer. As a music teacher I would like to infect others with my love of music and playing

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as a person - I am a father, husband, music lover, and a million other things. As a musician, I am a guitarist, drummer, keyboard and bassist and singer. As a music teacher I would like to infect others with my love of music and playing

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Performance with my bands, lessons with students, and compositions of poems and original songs.

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Performance with my bands, lessons with students, and compositions of poems and original songs.

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The unique qualities that I am as an individual

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The unique qualities that I am as an individual

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Who I am in my core and how I appear to the outside world. Also my beliefs and interests

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a musician is someone who makes music in any form in any way

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a musician is someone who makes music in any form in any way

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Sharing joy and bring bringing people together through musical performance and education.

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A musician is someone who enjoys to perform music, whether for themselves or others

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A musician is someone who enjoys to perform music, whether for themselves or others

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One who creates music

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Performances and lesson plans

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Learning to perform and teach a variety of instruments I wasn't trained on.

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Learning to perform and teach a variety of instruments I wasn't trained on.

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I think about culture, community

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Who I am in some different way than others

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Heart on my sleeve; fun, firm, & fair.

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Musician, Teacher, Helping students grow,

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The music I play, the folks I play with

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My style..my humor...my disciplinarian nature

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I dont really write music anymore, i support others who do

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I dont really write music anymore, i support others who do

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A musician is someone who communicates through music

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Relief from loneliness communicated to others in music.  In other words, bonding everyone together.

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Relief from loneliness communicated to others in music.  In other words, bonding everyone together.

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Meaning of things

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Music as part of one's identity and everyday active life, not just something in the background that is taken for granted.

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Music as part of one's identity and everyday active life, not just something in the background that is taken for granted.

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i share my story through performance.  had three gigs this past week.

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i share my story through performance.  had three gigs this past week.

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Identity is how I see myself. It changes depending of the context: woman, musician, mother, leader, learner, etc

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Identity is how I see myself. It changes depending of the context: woman, musician, mother, leader, learner, etc

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My story.

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I am a woman, a mother, a wife, a friend, an educator, a pianist, a violinist, a singer, an instrumentalist, and someone who tries to helps children be the best they can be.

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Ears wide open
I think as a musician it's super important to listen and as a teacher I believe we need to really listen to our students

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I am a musician, educator, father and husband.

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I am a musician, educator, father and husband.

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by doing what I like for any reason or no reason whatsoever

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by doing what I like for any reason or no reason whatsoever

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Human...

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It means to think about and practice the act of music making on a daily basis while also taking care of my family and my relationships

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It means to think about and practice the act of music making on a daily basis while also taking care of my family and my relationships

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A musician is someone who make music, either recreating or creating music. Musicians collaborate with other musicians and music making is a team activity, so musicians can be team players.

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I think of my identity as the culmination of all my life's experiences into this one moment. It will change as my experiences do, but no one ever will have my exact same experiences, so I am the only me, like my emotional/philosophical fingerprint

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music making is the sonorous expression of my ontological self 

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music making is the sonorous expression of my ontological self 

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The music I listen to and create reflects my lived experiences and identify pretty much all of the time!

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Race, ethnicity, nationality, and values.

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I am always creating or improvising in all aspects of life

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Lyrical writing and the emotion behind it.

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Lyrical writing and the emotion behind it.

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Try to be in the moment and be engaged with those around me

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I can release emotions through my music and choose songs based on my background and how I am feeling

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Share and give away

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Musician is anyone who can grasp the emotional qualities of music, from simple feelings and memories related to music all the way to understanding advanced music theory on why those harmonies work. Music is accessible to all at many different levels.

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In my songwriting, collaboration and teaching

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In my songwriting, collaboration and teaching

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Connection to others, whether via collaborative music making or interaction with live culture and/or history. 

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Connection to others, whether via collaborative music making or interaction with live culture and/or history. 

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my experience

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Sometimes it shows up in the music I choose for my students to perform, and other times it shows up in the music I write.

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Through songwriting, collaborating and teaching

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Through songwriting, collaborating and teaching

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style, preferences in genres, meaning of the pieces/songs

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A musician is a person who is able to tell a story through music and emotions.

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In what I teach to my students, and through my own performance.

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In what I teach to my students, and through my own performance.

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teaching, playing, learning

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YouTube, live performance in rehearsal with band mates and my students

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Bringing people together with intention to share joy and community.

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A lot of layers but I always start with being human first...

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Improvisation and composition

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Through curating pieces/songs that reflects who I perceive myself to be...