Here’s something you might not know about me.From third grade to eleventh grade, I went to a performing arts school. I didn’t go for acting. And no I don’t dance. I went there to play the violin.Now, playing the violin isn’t nearly as easy as picking up a guitar and strumming out a few chords. You have to know how to hold the violin properly, how to hold the bow properly (that’s the piece of wood with horse hair that glides across the violin strings), you have to…

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