Name: Taylor Hagan-Tallscott
Anticipated Major: Music Technology
Ever since I was a kid the only thing I ever could relate too, the only thing that connected with me on a daily basis was music. Growing up in New Jersey and being in Bloomfield for about seventeen years influenced me heavily on what music was around me, but I didn’t realize till it smacked me in the face that Music Technology was what I truly want to do for the rest of my life. Working with sound is my true desire and becoming a sound engineer and one day calling myself a real music producer is my dream. In high school I took many television classes which introduced me to sound but also my first passion of editing footage for the Bloomfield High School public access channel and also producing, camera & board operating that later turned me on to Theater. I operated my first sound board for our schools play in Van Fossan theater junior year. But that was just the beginning, soon my freshman year of college at Fairleigh Dickinson University I worked on all four shows as stage crew and as the sound designer and board operator. Now I’m here, attempting to venture down the road of Music Technology. For two years I have been crafting a sound of my own in my lyrics and producing artists from the Essex County area. Spending countless hours chopping, screwing, mixing, remastering and trying to learn new programs daily, I’m working on building a small empire from the ground up. My music is going to change the hip hop game and give it a new noise thats not concentrated on money, drugs and deceitful woman. Getting my education in music and the technology in less than a year at Bloomfield College has taught me the basics of ProTools, Reason, Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs as well. My mind has been opened up to different cultures of music, many ideals I never realized and has done so much in one year. There wouldn't be anything else that I would rather have than to be accepted into the CAT program so I could learn more and craft my skills as much as possible. But I have an issue that I would like to bring up which is that you can’t minor in Film but you can minor in Music Technology. It would be beneficial to my studies and future if I could major in Music Technology and minor in Film with a concentration on editing. My dreams to make music, edit my music videos and have it be affordable for other artists to also create their own sound without it taking them to the bank. I want to be able to inspire and teach people to never value restriction. To push the limits and dismiss the daily media waste that is pumped into the youth everyday and use our music to do good for our communities and improve our knowledge on situations we take for granted. Also to improve the views on the industry and break rules and open eyes to those who have been blind by the mass. I want to make a difference and learn as much as I can to become the best artist I could be.
Thank You.
