One artist that I admire would have to be Shawn Mendes.
The reason why I like him is the way he built his career. He started off by singing acoustic covers of songs on YouTube and on Vine when it came out in 2013. After this he was then recognised by Universal Island Records and released his first studio album called Handwritten in April of 2015 at the age of 17. He has gone on to be one of the most popular and talked about male singers of the past decade. He released his third studio album titled Shawn Mendes in late May of 2018 which holds songs
People usually get involved in this art form at a young age and hold it either as a passion for life or go ahead with it as a career option. However, I began to enjoy music around the age of 11 after I was a singer in my primary school assembly. I really enjoyed the experience and wanted to do it all over again so now I am doing music for my silver arts award challenge to take myself further in my confidence with singing.
The art forms that I am mainly interested in are music/singing and film. These art forms interest me because they are very creative and allow me to express myself as much as I like.
My arts challenge is going to be through the music club and I have chosen this because I am very interested in music. I have always wanted to better my singing and learn an instrument, the two I have attempted to learn in the past are acoustic guitar and piano.
My strengths in music are:
I can play acoustic guitar and piano to a basic level
I have a broad knowledge of music and enjoy listening to different genres such as jazz, R&B and pop
My weaknesses in music are:
I am extremely shy until I'm fully comfortable with everyone while singing in a group setting
I have a very basic knowledge of reading music and would like to improve
The outcome of my arts challenge will be to strengthen my confidence in my singing voice and to potentially begin to learn or deepen my understanding of an instrument. This will hopefully also allow me to meet new people as I have very little confidence when it comes to talking to people for the first time. My personal targets within this arts challenge will be to sing in front of a crowd with confidence as I struggle with this a lot.
In order to record my evidence of the arts challenge I will be recording some of the sessions I go to. I will be attending music club at least once a week throughout the year
My final arts challenge is going to be for me to perform in a music concert. This will involve me singing in front of a live audience which is hopefully going to boost my confidence, which is the main purpose of my arts challenge.
