Hello

My name is George Torre and I am a Broadcast Telecommunications and Mass Media major here at Temple University. Although I am extremely interested in audio production I tend to be fairly pessimistic about what the future may hold in terms of career options in the recording field. I have been playing the drums for most of my life and have enjoyed playing in several different musical groups. Some of my more recent musical endeavours have been a rock group called The Great American Soundtrack and a Metal-core (I guess) band called One Dead Three Wounded. In recent years i've had the opportunity to travel the US several times performing music, most recently with One Dead Three Wounded. Essentially, mass communication plays a large role in my life because music is important to me. Although music, itself, is a medium for communication (on both large and small scales), I find that I have met many of my closest friends from the culture surrounding the music. I also enjoy creating media messages (music) and recording in my project studio. It's safe to say that mass communication has a direct influence on my everyday life.



I hope to learn as much as possible in Mass Communication Theory. It seems as though this class has much to offer in terms of really analyzing the way people receive and create messages. Hopefully I can walk away from this course with a broader understanding of the communication process and find parallels, within my own life, to apply them to.



Although I am extremely shy I hope to contribute to the group with some of my own perspectives on communication. Hopefully my experience with music will be relevant to our discussions.