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or many, the question “What do you want to be by a band that played regularly at cafes and small music
when you grow up?” has probably been the most venues, Alexa now finds herself involved in the electronic
recurring and daunting ever posed. Responses like music genre. Finding her niche in Electronic Dance Music
“firefighter” turn into “doctor” and we’ve everyone (EDM), she created a blog to further explore her interest
has had that phase where they wanted to be whatever while sharing it with the rest of the world. “People always
their parents were. For a lucky few, the answer doesn’t really said they liked my taste in music and always thought 1 gave
change. Senior Alexa Bertrand them good suggestions on what to
has been inspired by music since “THE GO-TO PLACE FOR listen to, so I thought I could share
before she could remember. that with other people by making
“My mom told me I was singing ANYONE INTERESTED IN a blog.” With over 9,000 followers,
before I could talk.” Her parents Alexa’s blog, yourfavoriteedm.
music lessons after realizing the IMPROVING THEIR MUSIC tumblr.com features new artists
quickly placed her in classical
and songs that have not yet
immense, untapped talent in reached the mainstream, making
their tiny child. As Alexa grew, LIBRARY” it the go-to place for anyone
she realized that classical music interested in improving their
was definitely not her niche. “As I grew older, I became music library. Her ear for spotting new music brings
more interested in pop and mainstream music, so I started freshness to her followers who constantly ask her for music
to venture more in that direction.” Talented in various areas suggestions and criticisms. Hoping to continue on her path
ot the music industry, Alexa continued to develop her talent of music well into the future, Alexa answers the age-old
for singing, performing, songwriting, and even the piano question with “I plan to major in marketing in college and
and guitar which she taught herself. After passing through my ideal type of job would be to do marketing for some
a country music phase in which she was featured in songs music label or festival. That would be a dream for me.”
M

From country music to

EDM,
channels her passion
for music forough
songwriHng, performing,
and even blogging.

STORY I JODIE KAHAN