Kody Gideon-Introduction

  Good morning everyone! My name is Kody Gideon and I'm an alcoholic. No not really but I feel that saying something off the wall is a great way to make your introduction memorable. This is my third semester at Otc and I'm eager to get it completed. I'm 20 years old and I'm pursuing a degree in music composition. I've been playing guitar and writing music since I was 15 years old and since then it's been my dream to make a living doing what I love. As Brad Paisley says, being a musician is the the only job in the world where going to work means going to play. My love of music started when I was a young child, I have memories of being 5 years old and singing along to every Alan Jackson song on the radio with my dad. Even from that time I knew that  a music career was  exactly what  I wanted. My musical influences of course wavered as I aged but in the last couple years have returned to a love of old style country. Music is my primary hobby and nearly 24/7 I'm either playing, composing or listening to it. I spend anywhere from 3-10 hours a day with a guitar in my hands and it drives my poor girlfriend nuts when she wants some attention. I currently reside in Republic, Mo and all of not spent in class or playing music is spent at Walgreens, where I am a photo specialist and I'm excited to say that I love my job.
    I'm also a father of 1, I have a ten month old daughter named Keeley, "Shes my sweet little thing, my pride and joy. " I often just stare at her in amazement, my little girl looks just like i did as a child and it fascinates me how intelligent she is. It seems like she shares my love of music. She can't speak yet but she tries her hardest to mumble the vocal melody to  the music she loves and I spend too much time banging out rhythms just for my munchkin to respond to.
 I also have quite the interesting family life, I have a brother named Jessy, who I've nicknamed Spanky, the name suits him so well that often people take it as his real name, even our parents have adopted it. If we weren't brothers he would probably be my best friend. We've had our share of tough times but always pull together and we have an almost psychic connection. I'm not share what else to say about myself in this brief amount of words, but I will say that I often provide too much information and nothing is sacred, or taboo to me so I apologize in advance if i say anything that may offend someone, that is never my intent. I look forward to a speedy semester and learning more about all of you! If you have any questions just feel free to ask