~~~HOMETOWN~~~
We grew up in a small town called Tuba City (To Naneesdizi')located about 75 miles north of Flagstaff, Arizona. Tuba City was a town named after a Hopi chief TUBAC(Tuve), who served as a scout for Kit Carson's U.S. Expedition in 1865. The Mormon Missionaries gave the name to the town after the Chief who died in 1887. Chief Tubac was born in 1810, a member of the Water and Corn Clan. His wife was named Cocheneman. A monument was erected in his honor in May 11, 1941 by the Missionaries of Snowflake State of Utah Trials and Landmark Association, No. 96.
Tuba City is a "close-knit" community, which has seen recent growth in population over the last 5 years. Tuba is just like every typical town on the Navajo Reservation with one unique exception, Monekopi, a Hopi village, is located next to Tuba City. This has provided a true understanding between both Navajo and Hopi cultures, but it has both its good and bad points.
Words expressed through music have been the driving force behind understanding life's daily twist of social behavior. We use music to help express our emotions, to allow ourself the ability to recover or to gain strength at times we feel that no one could relate to the issues at hand. In applying a method that best express our own feelings, music has been the best medium to present our emotions at all levels. When we refer to “all levels”, we refer to time when a child listening to songs of Mother Goose to adolences listening to Heavy Metal music ( Metallica,Def-Leppard , Kiss and many others) and to Punk Music.
We used music to reflect on our high school experiences and the emotional state we were in when we were growing up. Personally, I used music as tool and used it to its full potential, but I never allowed the music to overwhelm me. I have seen individuals who allow the music to control their every action daily, which should not be the case. Music has been a guide to help me in my travels through life’s mountains and valleys, just as the medicine man uses music to help the sick during a traditional healing ceremonies. Every cultural has their own ritual of songs and dances that help them to exist every day.
Music utilizes simile and metaphors in expressing the message to the audience, however, it allows each individual to create their own impression on what the message is in the music. The musician uses these methods in presenting an image in which a person fills in the blank, just as in poetry or short stories.
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