John was passionate about both music and soccer from a young age. He played professionally in both pursuits until he was involved in a serious car accident at age 18 that ended his soccer career but strengthened his drive for music. After releasing a hit single with a renowned Colombian producer, earning over 160,000 views on YouTube quickly, John realized his calling was in music and decided to fully commit to pursuing a career as a singer.

1. John’s Short Story
John Patino
English Composition
Instructor Erin Moore
October 27, 2013
John’s Short Story
This short story talks about one young man, his name is John, he has now
eighteen years, his passions are the music and the sports and he has been involved
in both outstandingly. This guy has a Colombian citizenship but he is living in the
United States of America more specifically in Orlando, Florida. He has a
professional music career of more than six years, since he is 12 however he was
involved in the music before, playing different instruments such as the bass and
the drums. He also used to play for a professional soccer team in Colombia called
“Millonarios” back in the year 2010.
We are constantly asking ourselves from where we came?or where are we
going?; what we want to do in this life?Thatactually is very short and sometimes
shorter than we think it is. They are a few events in our life that change it and
direct us to that purpose we are looking for; some people believe that this events
do not change our life, they just think that the event had to happen and it is not a
change is just a result for what we have worked or what we are suppose to do. But
what is not discussed is that some events have the ability to set one before and
after or determine what road we should follow; after some events we can realize
that nothing is the same.
John has been a sports lover all his life and he has characterized for his
discipline on what he does. He played soccer and tennis during almost all his life,
until he was 15 years old. By that time he thought that the soccer was what he
wanted to do, even though he has a big passion and talent for the music. By the
beginning of the year 2010 some events changed John’s road or at least changed
his goals.
By the year 2010 John was in a musical band called “Zoom”. He used to
play the bass, sing and also contribute in the composition of their songs. At the
same time he was in the band he was playing soccer in a professional team in
Colombia called “Millonarios” and his life was basically practicing with his band,
going to the team’s training every day and going to the school. In the weekends he
played for his soccer team and also perform with his band to different cities in his
natal country (Colombia). He was very tired by the end of every week because he
used to train 2 or 3 ours each day and also practice with his band more than 7

2. John’s Short Story 2
hours a week, plus his home works, the shows and the soccer games; that was
what he loved to do but he had to make a decision to focus in one of them. By
May of the year 2010 after being the captain of the soccer team for almost 2 years
and part of the band for more than 3 years one event make him take the decision of
focusing in only one of his passions.
This young man had a car accident that complicated his sports career but do
not stopped his music career. He broke his knee and had a rupture in his ankle; he
was away from the soccer fields for one year but closer to the music than ever.
After performing in more than 40 concerts in his country with “Zoom”, and
be part of several music fests, singing and playing for thousands of persons. He
was realizing that that’s what he wanted to do in his entire life but he used to think
about his passion for sports and he never forgot the feeling of scoring a goal and
winning one match, in sum he was still doubting. By the end of 2010 he had the
opportunity to record one song with one of the most recognized producers in his
country, this producer is called “Buxxi”, that in fact he won the award “Shock” for
the best musical producer of that year (2010) and Buxxi was starting a career as a
singer. All the members of “Zoom” and Buxxi done his beston this song called
“Soltera” that stands for single lady in Spanish. They filmed the song video a few
months after recording the song and they launched it on April 2 of the year 2011;
on April 7 of the same year the video had more than 160,000 views on YouTube.
They were very amazed with the news because that is a very high number
for a Colombian artist that is just working in his country, even more if you are
starting. Moreover almost 3 years ago YouTube was popular but the videos did not
have the same amount of views they have nowadays. He received tens of messages
from his friends, family and people who have heard the song, congratulating him
and saying him that he was doing a great job. This event end with his doubts and
he stopped thinking that may be he had to do therapies and more training to go
back to his soccer team.
To conclude, we just got to see the signals that the life is constantly setting in
our way to make us realize our road and our mission, after John set his goals he
separated from the band and started a career as a singer.