Music in an educational setting turned sour for me in grade school with the introduction of the recorder. The memory still haunts me and is probably the reason I have never touched an instrument again until this course. Our class was doing a school wide recital of "Tony Chestnut Knows I Love You" on the recorder. My playing was so poor, you can imagine the sour notes played two beats behind everyone else, that I was asked to hold the large flip chart cards of the body parts the audience was
supposed to be pointing at. This killed my musical ego and I have told myself that I am musically
inept the rest of my life. What a shame because music is awesome. It is instant expression, and really puts a smile to my face. I have been fighting my demons and venturing into the world of music again. I got some lessons on the steel drum while on a cruise vacation this summer, Dan has been instructing me on his amazing electric drum kit and he does not even yell at my when I pick up his guitar and puck away at the strings. I even went out and bought the horrid recorder and gave it and myself a second chance.
I found an awesome recorder website at
where I have been teaching myself.
Amanda won't let me practice when she is home and Cyrus my dog is not as encouraging as Jodi's is, but I laugh myself insane as I practice again and again. As teachers do not ever stop a student from trying no matter how bad he or she is. Thanks.
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Too bad we didn't have time to have a recorder jam session in class -- what a sound that would have been. Great to see that you aren't giving up and giving it a second chance. I think you'll do great...PS, I can lend you my dog for an hour if you want her to give you a recorder boost --- she just loves it (awful or not!)
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