ENGL120 Listening 7-1 - Transcript

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Hi. My name’s Peter. I’m 25 years old, and I live in Vancouver, Canada.

I’m a
musician and an artist. The people at Smrt asked me to talk a little bit about
myself and my life, so here it goes…

First of all, as for music, I have been playing instruments since I was a child. My
parents gave me my first guitar when I was five. I fell in love with making music
right away. I played it all the time when I was a kid, and as I grew older, I started
learning other instruments. When I was ten, my father brought home a piano.
Also, I’ve been playing the drums since I was thirteen. In total, I’ve learned the
guitar, bass guitar, drums, and piano. I haven’t tried the saxophone, so I think
that will be the instrument I try to learn next.

Now, I have a band with my friends. We have been composing and playing songs
together since high school. The band consists of just three members. My friend,
Joe is the singer and guitarist. I play bass. My girlfriend, Claire plays the drums.
We play mostly punk songs, so most people don’t like our sound. Our taste in
music is pretty strange. However, we have been performing live for a few years
now and we’re starting to get a lot of fans. Maybe we’ll be rich and famous one
day.

During the day, I study art. I’ve been going to Emily Carr University in Vancouver
for three years, and I’m almost done. I’ve studied painting, sculpture and
photography, which is my favourite.

This is my last year of school, and all students need to make a final project to
display at the school’s graduate exhibition in March. I have been working on my
project for the past few months and I’m really excited about it. I’ve been going to
a lot of concerts and taking photos of the bands I see. That may sound boring to
some, but I’ve taken some really good shots so far. I don’t know if you’ve ever
heard of a photographer named Jenny Lens, but she took some pretty famous
photos of punk musicians in the 70s. I guess you could say her work is my
inspiration.
So yeah, I guess that’s it. I know I’m not the most interesting person in the world,
but I enjoy what I do. I don’t know what I’ll do for work after I graduate, but I’m
sure it will involve art or music. They’re pretty important in my life, and I can’t
imagine doing anything else.

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