|
At a young age, Choi was required to play the [[piano]] and [[violin]], an experience that he did not enjoy. In fact, David would get in trouble by his parents for not practicing. He said that his parents would yell at him to “Go practice in [his] room for 30 minutes or [he would be] in big trouble!!!!" Choi claims that if he did not practice he would get physically punished. He does not remember much about practicing his violin; however, he does recall wanting to smash it several times. The Internet star says that his hate for practicing made him hate everything about the violin and piano to the point where he even began to hate music itself. Even though it was not his favorite thing to do, Choi does admit that it was nice when he got to leave class twice a week to attend his orchestra class. David says that class was easier for him than it was for some of the other kids because he had already covered some of the material through his private lessons. The unlikely musician thus became the concertmaster of his school orchestra.<ref name="My Story" /> He would play classical and jazz music, and never being exposed a [[pop (music)|pop]] song until sixth grade, when he heard [[Smash Mouth]]'s "[[All Star (song)|All Star]]". Soon after, he discovered "[[All the Small Things]]" by [[blink-182]] and attempted to play the song on guitar. David began to listen to more and more pop songs and fell in love with the [[Backstreet Boys]], [[Boyz II Men]], and Japanese pop. In junior high David would stay up late listening to the radio, recording the songs, and began to make his own mix tapes. David then began to write his own songs and his first instrumental piece was a song titled "Lost Memory", written on the piano.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lapeña|first=Carmela G.|title=Singing about the good things with David Choi|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/258548/lifestyle/people/singing-about-the-good-things-with-david-choi|publisher=[[GMA News]]|accessdate=20 November 2012|date=17 May 2012}}</ref> Even after discovering pop music David stayed in the school orchestra. Pressured by his parents, David was forced to audition for the Gifted And Talented Education (GATE) orchestra. David rehearsed with this orchestra every Tuesday. |
|
At a young age, Choi was required to play the [[piano]] and [[violin]], an experience that he did not enjoy. In fact, David would get in trouble by his parents for not practicing. He said that his parents would yell at him to “Go practice in [his] room for 30 minutes or [he would be] in big trouble!!!!" Choi claims that if he did not practice he would get physically punished. He does not remember much about practicing his violin; however, he does recall wanting to smash it several times. The Internet star says that his hate for practicing made him hate everything about the violin and piano to the point where he even began to hate music itself. Even though it was not his favorite thing to do, Choi does admit that it was nice when he got to leave class twice a week to attend his orchestra class. David says that class was easier for him than it was for some of the other kids because he had already covered some of the material through his private lessons. The unlikely musician thus became the concertmaster of his school orchestra.<ref name="My Story" /> He would play classical and jazz music, and never being exposed a [[pop (music)|pop]] song until sixth grade, when he heard [[Smash Mouth]]'s "[[All Star (song)|All Star]]". Soon after, he discovered "[[All the Small Things]]" by [[blink-182]] and attempted to play the song on guitar. David began to listen to more and more pop songs and fell in love with the [[Backstreet Boys]], [[Boyz II Men]], and Japanese pop. In junior high David would stay up late listening to the radio, recording the songs, and began to make his own mix tapes. David then began to write his own songs and his first instrumental piece was a song titled "Lost Memory", written on the piano.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lapeña|first=Carmela G.|title=Singing about the good things with David Choi|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/258548/lifestyle/people/singing-about-the-good-things-with-david-choi|publisher=[[GMA News]]|accessdate=20 November 2012|date=17 May 2012}}</ref> Even after discovering pop music David stayed in the school orchestra. Pressured by his parents, David was forced to audition for the Gifted And Talented Education (GATE) orchestra. David rehearsed with this orchestra every Tuesday. |
|
Choi eventually stopped taking violin lessons in high school and commenced [[jazz piano]] lessons in ninth grade. It is at this time that Choi began composing music, and won his first award after submitting an instrumental pop song for a contest. |
|
Choi eventually stopped taking violin lessons in high school and commenced [[jazz piano]] lessons in ninth grade. It is at this time that Choi began composing music, and won his first award after submitting an instrumental pop song for a contest. He used to sell his body to make a living. |