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Megan and the Music Part ONE

Hi friend!

I'm Megan. I was born and mostly raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, where I currently reside with my boyfriend and three year old son, both named Zachary. My roots are strongly planted in the Upper Tanana Region between Tok, Tetlin and Northway – they are all my home. After a seven year hiatus from school, a few different jobs and many paths later, I find myself back at school and excited to be here.

I’m a floozy when it comes to music. I grew up playing the viola (mainly) and cello (secondly), I loved every bit of it! I also dabbled with the electric guitar and an eighth grade talent show, but we won't talk about that. 

I enjoy Otis Redding, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Frank Ocean, Nine Inch Nails, Chopin, Prince and Nancy Sinatra to name a few. 

Fairbanks had a wonderful music scene during my late teens and early twenties, it was a good time to live in Fairbanks! Check out the video below of one of my favorite past local bands, the Muldoonies!

 I still enjoy going to concerts (both rock and classical) on a regular basis, pre-COVID of course. 

Again, I’m really excited to, virtually, be here and genuinely look forward to a semester of wholesome, musical education!

Tsin’ee (Thank you in the Upper Tanana Athabascan Dialect),

- Megan



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  1. The Ukulele FoolJanuary 27, 2021 at 5:42 PM

    A musical floozie! I got a chuckle out of that. I miss going to concerts. I miss performing live (although Zoom is getting pretty comfortable for me). I go through Tok twice a year - except for 2020. Whenever I eat there, I eat at Fast Eddy's.

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  2. Arlene KamuckJanuary 27, 2021 at 9:00 PM

    My family and I lived in Fairbanks for 8 years. We also were in Northway for 3 weeks while my husband worked with IRHA. I kinda miss living up in Fairbanks. Have a great semester!!

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  3. Annelise FullertonJanuary 29, 2021 at 3:27 PM

    Your blog is BEAUTIFUL. I gasped. I loved your voice when writing, it really did somehow feel like we were old friends catching up. I think it's great that your re-establishing yourself in school, though I didn't really take time off, I also consider myself to be re-establishing myself in terms of the student I'd like to be. So looking forward to working together this semester and getting to see more of your beautiful work!

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