Hello, if you are reading this it means that you have seen my song.
I am Joab Meneses, known to all of you as JM, I am 18 years old. I turned 18 on November 29 of last year, that is, this year I will be 19. I will tell you a little about myself and how this idea of making music was born within me.
Being very small, I didn't know exactly what I was going to be when I grew up, maybe a doctor? Or a businessman maybe? Or maybe police? I didn't really know, it didn't really catch my attention at all. while with my sisters I played singing songs from a series in Spanish. I made a drum with buckets with different sounds and we started singing every day in the afternoon. I never thought about being a musician. I always thought about something else, I told myself I want to be someone in life. but what can I be?
What if maybe I'll be a vagabond? Never forget that.
So I imitated melodies on a small piano and my mom told me, "My God, you have a great ear to get the melodies out of the songs." We didn't take much importance to it, I was always a quiet child. I was bullied a lot at school in elementary school to be exact. They beat me, humiliated me, ate my food and many things that I allowed because I am simply a coward. At night I cried, I thought the world was very hard on me. One day I got tired of it. They wanted to hit me. They were two boys. I was sweeping the school yard. I always liked helping nature and I thought that this way I could contribute something to this world, in fact I thought that suddenly I would be a cleaner. They came, approached me and started pushing me, and I had a fit of rage, and I hit them.
Finally they took us to the rectory and, being a good student and seeing my behavior, they believed me and threw my classmates out of school.
It was more than 5 years of enduring that.
Well, then my mother decided to find me a new school, we went to one but I didn't like it, I felt it was too gray for me. we continue searching. My father is an excellent dad, he always wants the best for me but he was away from home throughout my childhood and part of my adolescence, yet I never lacked anything, only his love and that was my reason why I was always sad. We could not move to where he worked, this was or is dangerous due to a very strong guerrilla group, so my father decided that we should not take that risk, accepting not being with us, my mother, my two sisters and me.
I had to mature in some aspects like the economy, "hey son, there's no money to buy your school books" okay mom, nothing's wrong. I had to learn just to do things to teach my sisters, like riding a bike, skating, etc. and some important behavioral values.
Anyway, I fell in love with a school, so I told my parents but it was private. So I couldn't be there. But my uncle who is also my godfather said that he would give me money to be there. It was incredible, no one bullied me, I felt at peace. There was a symphonic band and the teacher took us to see the instruments, he played the trumpet and then the trombone. The teacher told me and other classmates to stay and he told us: do you want to belong to the symphonic band of this school? My heart was beating like crazy. This was amazing in my head.
Until I told my parents, my mom supported me but only to distract me but my father didn't want to, I finally convinced him. I went to the band meeting with my grandfather (who is not a grandfather but I consider him as if he were) I made him a song "my grandfather" so he told me: sign now, do what you like to do the most and show them who you are, I will never forget those words and even though he is in heaven right now I have in my memory the best memory that he could have given me and as a great friend.
I started playing and after a month I said: shit, this is so complicated and I decided that I wanted to quit but my teacher told me: I won't accept that you quit, you are tremendous for this, you were born for this I promise. I will dedicate more time to you.
So I accepted it and continued.
I started to ask myself questions, how do you make music? Can I create my own music? I want to create my own music.
So I started researching in my free time and I found flat and I said shit, this is so good, it's so easy and comfortable to compose. so I started with my free plan I was around 13 or 14 years old so I started practicing I wasn't very good for some reason. I started listening to music of all genres and the pandemic arrived, it was disgusting but I focused more on listening and composing, I started making small arrangements like Sofia or Resistere.
Before that I managed to go compete with the band, it was a spectacular experience.
Then my grandfather died, it was disastrous and it still hurts me.
Later in 2021 I told my father that I wanted to buy that plan that I would give him the money to do it. In 2022 he finally bought it for me. I honestly didn't know that the community only composed existed. Even Elvora told me and I did my first collaboration "Divinity" she said I was very good. so I started publishing every day, they weren't beautiful and developed songs, I knew I could do something better but I just didn't dedicate the time.<
Before that I managed to go compete with the band, it was a spectacular experience.
Then my grandfather died, it was disastrous and it still hurts me.
Later in 2021 I told my father that I wanted to buy that plan that I would give him the money to do it. In 2022 he finally bought it for me. I honestly didn't know that the community only composed existed. Even Elvora told me and I did my first collaboration "Divinity" she said I was very good. So I started publishing songs every day, they weren't beautiful and developed songs, I knew I could do something better but I just didn't dedicate the time necessary to do it. So I composed many songs, many of them have been deleted. one of my hits is The secret hero, vibes, the fantasy, the wonderful world. Then I started getting criticism from very influential people on flat so I felt bad.Over time they told me that it only generated controversy since I am very sensitive and had other problems with depression, but that was not the case.That year I was going to go flat for the same reasons as this one, but 1C3 won the December challenge and so he gave me this as a gift, I thank you friend.Then in 2023 it was a year where I showed a lot of my talent and the great things I can do but it was not a good year I had a lot of problems regarding my composer's block. because I experienced my first heartbreak.Now I'm in 2024 counting this because I don't have the money to buy the flat power plan so this came to an end or well to a temporary stop although it may take a long time. I wanted to do collaborations with people like Prof P but he simply never looked for me and when I looked for him I didn't have time so I stopped insisting. Groovy we agreed to do one but we never did anything lol. 1C3 retired and we had also agreed to collaborate but it never happened and many more I simply didn't look for them, thank you all, it was wonderful to be here and share my music.
