WEEK 2: Introducing myself, my blog and my applied study site.

Hows it going everybody my name is Chris Bandusky and my two concentration areas are Business and Music. I chose these two areas because obviously I am a musician and I wanted to have some good credentials to go along with it which is why I chose Business. These two concentrations are reflective of my identity because I have a passion for music but I am also a very social person as well. In order to be successful as a musician you also need personal skills to sell yourself and your business on why it is better than your competitor and this is where business gets applied. The site of my applied study is located in a music shop where I am operating the desk, repairing instruments, and learning the business side of things by ordering product etc. What I also hope to learn from my site academically and personally is just how to operate your own business. Everyone knows if you choose to open your own place it is not an overnight success, there are many long and hard earned hours that are put into it in order for it to succeed accordingly. I hope that with this internship I will just get a better sense of what would need to be done in order for me to run my own business one day. The responsibilities I have accomplished there so far is like I stated earlier just being able to run the music shop on my own in many different ways: sales, desk work, ordering product, promoting product etc. All of these responsibilities come into play into what I have been studying in many different ways. On a daily basis at ASU I learn about different styles and genres of music while in the business program I have done finance, marketing etc. All of these classes go hand in hand if you want to run your own shop successfully. Since graduation is just around the corner for me (in May) my future goals are to obviously be successful at my passion. I have plans to relocate to Nashville Tennessee in hopes of getting my start in music and then take it from there with the business side of things. I hope to be able to perform for a living first and then later on in life open my own business and continue developing and distributing musical product since music is my life! Once again, after I graduate college this May it is only the start but I hope my near future is a promising one since I have worked so hard to achieve my goals so far!!
- Chris