I Rule My World!

The first time Paul showed me his recital poster, I was like, ‘whoa, dude—If I hadn’t
known how good you play, I’d still go just seeing this poster.’ And that was two nights ago, when we should have been doing the make-up listening test instead of analyzing the details of how he made this ad.

However, his recital tonight conjured up memories of how I tried, once in my life, to play the oboe. And I recall them with not much fondness because the lessons were not a voluntary action on my part.

Oh, fate made sure I had all the necessary things to make my summer oboe lessons successful—a funny,generous, very patient teacher (ahemmm), an oboe ( I share with two other guys…eew!) and a ‘patron’ who was willing to bet his money on me. I did my part on practicing (tho not as much as I do with piano or Amba)…still, just so you know the effort wasn’t one-sided.

To make the short story shorter—I quit, and never really got to play page two of my lesson book. Pathetic. I know.

But if you know me very well, you would know why I really didn’t go all the way for it in the first place. ;-))))

So anyway, I sat there in the dark listening to him play with ease and suavity Saint-Saens’ Sonata for Oboe and Piano. I smiled to myself when I realized I really had no regrets.

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