Resistance. Disobedience. Rebelliousness. Opposition. DEFIANCE. There are negative connotations and undertones associated with all these words and their meanings are what helped shape the theme for this project. The basis of this project comes from the idea of going against the grain. To be in DEFIANCE is to go against the norm or be in opposition against authority. Doing things that are not considered regular, standard, custom, or even realistic are challenges that we face every day when making choices With DEFIANCE, I challenged myself to defy what it means to be an artist - to make a song, to listen to a song, and to even compose a project. I wanted to defy what people believe to be normal song structure. I wanted to defy the idea of what content people are used to hearing when they listen to certain instrumentation. Not only do I want to defy the idea of a song or a project, but I w