Coats; Introduction

Hello, my name is Austin. I'm currently posting this VERY exciting editorial about myself for a homework assignment, in which I get to state various facts that I think you may find interesting (but I’m not holding my breath). Let's begin, shall we? I was born and raised in New Orleans until the age of 8, when my family and I relocated to North Carolina. After living the farm life and spending lots of quality time with trees, we eventually decided to move back to our home town and return to city living. Fast forward a few years, and you'd find me at Thomas Jefferson Senior High School for Advanced Studies, at which I spent my entire high school career. I feel I had an interesting high school experience due to the fact that we were a very small and very new high school with no sense of tradition or seniority (which I thought was wonderful). During my high school career, I was made captain of my school’s soccer team, was made our band leader, was voted best dancer and most musically inclined, and was also given the privilege of composing our schools first Alma Mater.  I didn't participate in many extracurricular activities because I was more interested in spending my spare time playing music outside of school. I was part of various bands and projects that covered an array of different genres, including jazz, progressive-rock, punk/pop punk, electronic, metal/metal-core, etc. In addition to playing music outside of school, I was also involved in various stage-play productions with the help and guidance from my theatre teacher and fellow actor, Jerry Lee Leighton. A few of the productions we were both involved in includes Joey and Mary’s Wedding, The Sicilian Bachelor, and The Rocky Horror Show. Although I enjoyed the experience and involvement in theatre, it just was never really “my thing”. As I’m writing this, I am in the beginning weeks of my second semester as a freshman at Loyola University. I major in Music Industry Studies with a minor in business, and through this course program, I intend on expanding my creative and musical mind, as well as furthering my general and musical education. I also like moon-lit walks on the beach, candle-lit dinners, drinkin’ piña coladas, and getting caught in the rain.