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Living City- Strumming away

September 12, 2013

English sophomore Stefanie Haapala talks about her hobby as a song writer and performer, which combines her two favorite things: music and writing.

Photo by Danyelle Morrow | The State News

After her mother enrolled her in for surprise guitar lessons in sixth grade, English sophomore Stefanie Haapala decided it was a hobby she wanted to stick with. She wrote her first song in eighth grade.

“Usually when I have an idea for a song it’s just kind of sparked by something really random that I see or an image and I want to write a song about it,” Haapala said.

Last summer she released an 11-track sample album with songs she’s written throughout the past year in her dorm room and recorded in her bedroom. She is scheduled to play an online London-based music festival in the near future.

“Music is an obsession,” Haapala said. “It’s always playing, it’s always going. It’s such a part of my life now that I don’t even realize that I always have to have music with me and I take it with me wherever I go and I turn everything I see into music.”

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