9Recording studio in college, do it yourself project
Since the true passion of this girl was music, she decided to build her own recording studio in college when she was only 19. One of her Instagram posts showed a picture with an old friend and was captioned: “this was such a cool throwback turning point for a 19 year old’s life. Dana was soo unbelievably talented and we flipped our dorms into a recording studio!”
“We probably should’ve been focused on homework and essays, but making music was an outlet that made us feel good and creative and alive!” she added. “I didn’t know you could make your own music at home until meeting him and this collective of rappers and musicians from Brooklyn. Now everybody makes music at home! I also didn’t know you could make a career out of it.”
Even that was her first try on the music scene she did receive positive comments and was praised for her work. “We submitted our music professionally to the EVVYS and won the award that year,” Hashian said. “It’s a good feeling as a kid when someone acknowledges your work! It wasn’t my major or degree but meeting young like-minded musician friends and creating music together was the best thing I got out of Emerson College.”