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Pianist Saul Sanchez

I found Saul Sanchez while walking around the Fine Arts Building at UTA. He was studying in a soundproof practice room and I knocked on the door and asked him what he was up to. Sanchez was a quiet person. Before I knocked on the door, nothing about him was quiet — I could feel the passion and the hard work radiating from the piano in the practice room. The pounding of the piano, the bass from the left hand and the treble notes from his right hand blended together to create a beautiful melody — a melody I can only describe as iconic and old-fashioned, almost reminding me of The Great Gatsby. Talking to Saul was very refreshing, it is always delightful to talk to a fellow artist who is passionate about their craft. Talking to Saul, I thought he had been a pianist for all of his life, I was quite taken back when he said he has only been playing since his second year of college. I admit, it was quite difficult piecing together the audio for this story because as a visual person I found it hard to visualize a story in the form of only audio. There were moments of frustration until I listened to the recording of Saul playing the piano and everything just… clicked.. and everything fell into place.

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