aya's co-editor statement

by Demo: The Hart House Music Magazine

andrew's co-editorstatement

If I'm being completely honest, becoming the co-editor of a university-level music magazine with almost two-ish years in my vegetative, bedridden, and chronically online state was something I was never going to be ready for. I felt unprepared, undeserving, and utterly unqualified for the position—which was worsened with my terrible time management skills.

In a way, this magazine tested and challenged my patience, grit, sociability, self-esteem, and nonexistent leadership skills. Throughout all the times I've cried about my insecurities over the success of this issue, I can't help but smile at the fact that it's finally here—and I wouldn't have been able to do it without Nick and Andrew, who I now have the privilege to call my lifelong best friends.

Now that we're here, flipping through the physical pages of an issue I've spent so much of my lack of free time on, I just wanted to give a warm and heartfelt shoutout to all the writers, designers, external entities, the Hart House Music Committee, Hart House as a whole, and of course, you, dear readers, for trusting both Andrew and I with such a large task. We wouldn't have been able to pull it off without all your support and encouragement.

I also wanted to take the time to thank Eram and Marina, the lovely co-editors of the 2021-2022 term, who entrusted me with this role. I hope I did both of you justice with "Ignition," and I hope I can make you two proud with this one. Thank you for providing me the opportunity to do what I love and to rekindle my broken relationship with music in an otherwise hellish environment of constant studying and tanking GPAs.