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Blog Entry no 1. My musical Culture

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    Hello, I'm Cameron McGahee, and I am a student in the Music of Diverse Cultures class. Honestly, up until this class, I have never put much thought into playing music, or the fact that I rely on it so much. I do remember as a kid, my parents got me a small drumset for the garage and I'd go in there and bang around on it, creating the most horrible noises known to man. Eventually, my parents would move it outside for me each day so they didn't have to suffer through the endless hours of my music-making. Since then, I've kinda known that I'm not the best at creating music but this has given me a greater respect for those who can make beautiful noises with their drum sets.      Since I am going to talk about my musical culture, I should give a brief understanding of my background/my life for you to relate everything to. I was born in Sandersville, Georgia, a small town that only a handful of people know. I lived there until I was about two, and then my family uproo