Micah Hoffman

For my Be The Good project I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do until Dilyn suggested that we both cover the song "Where Is The Love," by The Black Eyed Peas. I was so drawn to this idea because my main passion is music and music production. I have recently become passionate about educating others on important topics such as climate change and racial justice. This song delivers such a strong message about changing our world for the better and giving everyone opportunities to succeed. For me, music is an amazing way to influence people for good in many ways. There are many rappers that rap about inappropriate, useless things, and that used to influence me to identify with those kinds of topics. Last year my music taste changed from meaningless rap to music with a better message, and this guided me in such a different direction. I think hearing speeches about the climate crisis from Liam, a 2020 graduate of One Stone, helped drift my music style away from stupid rap. I started to be more interested in caring about our environment and educating people on that subject. Music is an amazing escape for me. I can let all my stress go when I’m messing around with Logic, which is a music production app, and focus on everything that I’m passionate about. Before being at One Stone, I had no idea that I ever wanted to pursue music, since I was stuck taking classes about specific subjects and never got to explore different skills. I was so drawn to One Stone because I could explore anything I wanted and integrate all the opportunities for learning in different areas while finding my passions. One Stone has helped me dive into my passion of music and inspired me to send a good message out to people with my music. That’s why I chose to cover this song with Dilyn because it delivers an amazing message about how we can change the dynamics of our society for the better. My goal throughout my future is to have an amazing impact on society and help make a difference through my music.