<p>I'm an aspiring math major who does some hip-hop production work on the side as a hobby/part-time job. </p>
<p>I make hip-hop records, creating everything in the track except for the vocals. I make a couple hundred dollars each month from leasing tracks online and I occasionally get paid much more for exclusive work or when I'm called to be a session player. I do this just for pleasure; I do not plan to chase a music career. The most significant thing I've done is ghost-produce for a semi-major artist. I dabble in songwriting as well but that is not my focus...</p>
<p>Do you think think my music production hobby could impress admissions officers? You gotta admit it's a little more interesting than volunteering at the library.</p>
<p>My main concern is how people in academia think about hip-hop as a genre. Another concern is that some of my creations are sample-based, meaning that I used preexisting music in it. Many people look down at sampling artists but sampling is merely a convention of hip-hop.</p>
<p>Thoughts, anyone?</p>
<p>I'm considering writing one of my main essays about this hobby.</p>