Musical Notes: A Memoir of a Musician

By Roy Dallas

Follow the life of Roy Dallas, Jr. as he discovers the love of music early in his life, and how he touched, influenced, and taught hundreds through his lifelong passion. Roy Dallas began gravitating to sounds since the tender age of two years old. His parents recognized his gift at an early age when he began creating heterophony with the pots and the pans from the kitchen. Cultivating that gift led Roy into realm where his heart has been beating to music every since. His musical ability led him to a brief career in the Army band, paid his way through college at Morris Brown College, and gave him a productive career as Band Director in the Atlanta Public System for over 32 years.Roy not only had the support of his parents, but he had mentors who poured into his life as a musician and impacted his life and his career. The story doesn't end there, Roy was able to take the same love and musical genius and pour it into the lives of the students that he taught. This powerful memoir shows how one man affected the lives of several impoverished youth when crime was at it's greatest height in the Greater Atlanta Area. Roy's love for music and the love for his students transformed their lives and led them down an amazing path that would have otherwise been torn apart through crime, drugs, or the other ills in society that were going on during that time. It is evident that Roy touched the lives of students through their numerous testimonies contained in this book.This book is a personal testimony of how God took one man's life and used it to impact the lives of many people through music. Roy gives an up close and personal encounter of his trials and triumphs, and how music has always been a way of therapy to help him during difficult times.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1717760619
• ISBN13: 9781717760616
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"