Logo project

This is my personal logo. At first I experimented with many ides. i wanted to include music became my life revolves very much around my viola many of the logos i tried had rainbow color, a lot for the eye to handle.  Then i went for simple black logo, And slowly it became The Logo shown on the screen. The font i used was PT Serif.  I was drawn to it because the serifs on the sides reminded me of the curves on a viola. I also used the white selector tool to change the serifs to my liking. Once I decided on the main part of my logo, I tried adding shapes around it. the square tended to lead the eye away from the actually logo. and the circle was an un needed, pointless application.  I decided on the ring around the logo, to give it an open accepting look. I am happy with out come of my logo. I wish  I wouldn't have put it only in black and white tones, i'm sure there are many things that i can improve.