My name is David Benson. I'm 23 years old and a sophomore studying Audio Arts and Acoustics. I grew up in San Antonio Texas and moved to Wisconsin when I was 16 to live with my biological father. I graduated high school and worked for 4 years before deciding to go to College. I'm engaged to a wonderful girl named Bia (also attending Columbia) and we plan on getting married after school. I live in the Ravenswood neighborhood with Bia, Doug the Pug and my cat chief. When I'm not getting my ass kicked at school full time, I work full time and also work at a recording studio for an internship. When I graduate I hope to work as a live sound engineer or for a sound company doing installation. If I don't get a job in my field right away, I plan on getting my Masters degree.
If I were to choose anything beside audio as a career, it would be Mechanical engineering, Geology or Botany. I like to fix things and know what makes them work. My interests are music, science, plants, call of duty and anything sound or audio related. I chose to attend Columbia because of the audio program and the professors involved in it.
I hope to learn how to express myself through writing more from this class. For the most part, I feel most comfortable expressing myself through writing. I enjoy learning a lot and hope to get the most I possibly can out of my education.
Hey, David.
ReplyDeleteWow! You sound like a busy dude! Indeed, I know how stressful it can holding down a full-time job and taking a full course load! Hand in there.
It's great to see how varied your interests are--botany AND music AND CoD? Great stuff! Start to think deeply about the topic you plan to write on for the course. Consider the interests you just detailed here and think about areas of exploration you might want to pursue in relation to those interests.
I look forward to reading more posts, David!