Music...

I think the music means too many thinks for me; is something that accompanies me in the best and worst moments. Music also brings people of different races, classes, levels of education and cultures together, because is a universal language that crosses all borders. It’s one of the best things in the life; it can make you laugh as children, or cry all the night.

I like playing music, it helps me relax. But is really difficult for me to let others listen what I’m playing. So I prefer playing bass or piano completely alone...just for me.

I also love listening to music, specially rock and alternative bands. But I keep an open mind in that aspect jajaja…Lately I have listened very good music that isn’t necessarily the kind of music that I usually like.

My favorite band is and always will be Radiohead. I love Thom Yorke’s voice, and how he expresses so much on each of his songs. It’s like…I don’t know… magic? Jajaja Well, all the music is magic. What would we do without music?  

My favorite piece of technology

Well…obviously I’m not an expert in technology, every day I learn something new about computers, cellphones, consoles, and geek stuff. That means that I will not talk about high tech (obviously, again), because I don’t know so much about it. So I’m going to talk about an object that has been used since the 40’s, the headphones.

I can’t imagine what my life would be like without them. I use them every day: when I’m in the subway, or when I’m trying to sleep, because they allow me listening to the most amazing invention of the human beings, the music.

I can’t remember the time I get my first pair of earphones; it was long time ago. But that moment changed the way I spend my free time. They are definitely my favorite piece of technology. 

Why did I choose this career?

Well…I think it’s really difficult to explain why I choose my career. Until the day before applying to the University, I wasn’t sure about what I wanted. I had many alternatives in my head, and all of them were really promising.

I start to get involved in the music world since I was a child, because I started to take violin lessons when I was only seven years old. Of course I was too young to choose a career at that time of my life, but since that moment the music never left me. Over the years I discover a lot of new passions, like philosophy, painting, physics… and they made the decision even more difficult.

Well, in the middle of that big confusion, and whit the PSU scores in my hands, I realized that is impossible be completely sure about what do you want to do when you are only seventeen years old, so I let myself be carried away by my feeling, and I finally chose a career that mix almost everything I like: Sound Engineering. And I have no regrets.

About me...

My name is María Paz Morales. I was born on April 14th 1998, in the city of Santiago of Chile. When I was two years old I moved to Valdivia with my parents, Pilar and Ricardo, and my three siblings. I lived there during 2 years, but for my dad’s work I had to move again to Antofagasta…and again a couple of years later…well, I moved a lot of times during my childhood.

When I turned nine years old, my family and I settled in Santiago. Before I started high school, I was in a lot of different schools, too many to mention. The last three years of my school I studied in Divina Pastora School. In that period of my life I also discovered my two biggest passions: the bass and the drawing.

When I finished the senior year, I wasn’t sure about what I wanted to do with my life. So I took the risk and I started to study Sound Engineering at Universidad de Chile. It’s been only three months since that, but I think it was the best choice. 

my little brother and I