Firephly

I Can’t Even Remember How The Name “firephly” Came To Be My Musical Representation. I Have Been Using It For A Very Long Time. I Often Thought About Using Something Else But For Some Reason This Just Stuck. My Musical Journey Started Very Young. My Mom Used To Play Her Records While We Cleaned House So My Earliest Memories Are Of Fleetwood Mac The Beatles Captain And Tennille And The Alan Parson’s Project. My Love Of Music Grew And I Always Had The Radio On. I Called In To The Dj’s And Made Requests For My Favorite Songs So I Could Record Them On Cassette Tape. Duran Duran Stacy Q Tears For Fears And ABC To Name A Few. I Didn’t Mind That There May Some Static Because The Antena On My Boom Box Was Broken. I Wanted A Collection Of My Very Favorite Tunes To Play Whenever I Wanted. I Still Have A Few Of Those Cassette Tapes. I Plan On Sharing Them With My Boys When They Get Older. I’ve Always Had A Musical Ear And Could Pick Up Popular Songs And Play Them On My Casio Keyboard. I Took Piano Lessons Twice As A Kid. I Had A Love For The Piano But I Could Never Get Into Playing The Typical Songs You Learn. I Also Had A Really Hard Time Reading Notation And I Let It Push Me Away From Continuing To Play. It Wasn’t Until I Was Out Of College That I Returned To The Piano World. My Mom Found A Local Teacher Who Used An Alternative Method For Teaching And It Did Not Require Reading Any Notation. I Worked With This Teacher Who Eventually Became A Mentor For 5 Years. I Was Able To Learn Songs But Also Create My Own Without Using Notation At All. With The Evolution Of Technology Creating Music Became Easier For Folks Like Me Who Had Little Money And No Access To A Recording Studio. When Apple’s Garageband Was Released I Was Really Excited To Start Playing With Creating Music On The Computer. It Was The First Step For Me In Creating Real Music. I Am Now Working On A New Album In Between Being A Wife And A Mom To Two Boys. read less