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Name: Shauna J. Park
Birthday: 9/2/1982
Expertise: Singing,
Songwriting,
Lyricwriting,
Performing,
Producing,
Engineering,
Vocal Teaching,
Piano,
Anything music related,
Dancing,
Choreography,
Volleyball/Coaching,
Tae Kwon Do,
Poetry,
OCD,
Smiling,
Loving God,
Worshipping,
Giving Advice,
Observing,
Listening,
Being Real,
Road rage,
Dare devil,
Did i mention singing?
Occupation: Artist
Industry: Entertainment
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  SparKMusiQ
Member Since:
11/20/2002
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Hey friends! It's been quite sometime since I've written on this thing. I guess I went a little picture crazy for a while, but hopefully I can weblog more as things in my life are becoming more poetic in a way. Here are 2 stories that I hope will encourage you today. (Sorry to my SG, but I'm repeating this.)
Story 1: So just a few minutes
ago (4:40pm Thurs. 21st) I was at work in Manhattan and met this
darling of a woman who waited patiently as a floater participant for a
study for about 4 hours. We made brief moments of conversation
throughout those 4 hours and finally when it was time for me to let her
go, she stopped me and gave me a little Christian booklet with popular
verses in it (kinda like a track) and said, "I hope that you can be in
there soon." (as she was pointing to the door where one of the
Co-founders of the Catalyst Group Design (where I do receptionist work
at) was sitting) And then she left. I guess that meant that she hoped
I would get a better position than this stereotypically low level place
of receptionist work?? (if only she knew what I really did. haha.)
But it was funny to see her confidence in handing me the booklet. How
a lot of us Christians tend to have such a hard time talking about God
to non-Christians or complete strangers. That some
people can have just enough of that passion or belief in Christ to
easily put away their insecurities and hand a random stranger a booklet
about their religion without fear. Does that mean that most of us
Christians are cowards?? Does it mean that we have a long way to go
before we can truly trust in the Lord with His abundant protection?
It's definitely an interesting thought and although I don't know the
answer for myself (to each his/her own I guess), we should remind ourselves who we're living on this earth for and for what purpose? God
wants us to be radical believers, but I guess you might want to ask God
just how He can use you to become that. That is, if you've even thought
about this or even care to think about this at all? Or will tomorrow
be just another "back to normal" day? In everything in life, the hardest part is being aware and then stepping up to the challenge. What will you say to the people around you tomorrow? How will you impact someones life today?
Story 2: On a lighter note, yesterday I had the
pleasure of meeting a young 23 year old woman named Letitia, who met up
with me for her first Voice Lesson ever. First of all, as a side note,
I was so excited to meet this girl because you know black people can
saaaang and I finally have a student that I can relate to within my own
personal endeavors as a R&B/Soul/Gospel singer. Usually how my
first lessons work is I generally talk a lot about how I
teach, talk about how I can help that student, a little background on the
science behind our vocal chords, hand her some work sheets, do some
exercises, and then get down to the actual singing. One other thing that
I tend to do is share with them some personal history as a musician to try to inspire or encourage them a
little. However this time, it was a bit more heart warming than expected...
So apparently this young lady has been struggling with her talents
as a musician for quiet some time now. She sings in a Gospel choir in
Manhattan and has been often criticized or hurt by her former
"teachers" of music, which in the end traumatized her and forced her to
give up singing. She told me that it's been about 5 years since the
last time she really sang in hopes to pursue a career in music. As I
was sharing with her my story of how I grew up in a musical home,
didn't get to decide on becoming a singer until Jr. year in High
School, went to Berklee College of Music, which were the hardest 4
years of my life, struggling with finding myself in music afterwards,
finally getting my foot in the door by becoming a songwriter for the
music industry, only to find out that after 25 years of my life and
finally getting what I've always desired... it wasn't what God wanted
for me. To now being an accomplished voice teacher and finally finding
my place in the world... Then out of left field, Letitia all of a sudden started to tear. I
was taken back for a moment. I let her have her moment without speaking and then she became comfortable enough to share, "Shauna you have no idea
how much I've been struggling. How much this whole singing thing has been a constant crutch in my life. And how, ironically God placed me at your door to use you and to bless me today. I've been praying for so long and I feel like God is bringing me complete confirmation. It's so funny because I was just being pushed to the edge with this whole thing and I hit my peak point yesterday. And to hear your story is exactly God giving me that sweet
confirmation about what I need to be doing with my life. It's not the
music or singing, but simply glorifying God and using my struggles in
life to bless other people even if it is in the small things."
Wow...
You know sometimes I wonder and cry out to God in asking why He
placed me on this earth to struggle all the time and why couldn't I
have been that one friend who always seems to have all the luck whether
it's getting the perfect career, perfect mate, perfect family, perfect
overall life...
Well you know what? It's all worth it. And you know what? I don't think I'll complain anymore.
Thanks for reading.
Blessings y'all~ 
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