Students at Menlo Make and Perform Music Students at Menlo Make and Perform Music

by ALEA MARKS

Music is an integral part of the lives of teens across the world, and Menlo is no different. Not only do Menlo students love to listen to music, they’re making it too.

covers live. “I usually perform in a variety of venues, ranging from formal concert halls to ences for about a year.“I’ve been singing in the shower forever,” Mitic said. He plays in a few bands and performs at dive bars and open mic events. He first played with a Blues Trio in Boston in the summer of 2020. In California, he is in a Blues Trio with two of his good friends; one of them plays the drums and the other plays the bass.They call themselves the “Fourth Mile Band,” a reference to their favorite surf spot in Santa Cruz. “[The surf spot] is at the four mile highway marker on Highway 1, and you run through a vineyard, down some cliffs and onto a super tucked away beach,” Mitic said. He also performs with some of his friends from Half Moon Bay. “They [are] more of an indie surf rock band,” he said.