Drumming was easy for me to learn as a child and teenager and I loved it but for many different reasons my heart and spirit went out of my drumming many years ago...somewhere amongst studying it at university, teaching it, playing lots of gigs for little money, struggling to make a living, playing the same songs over and over again etc etc...whenever I played it really just felt like I was going through the motions but not really enjoying it or feeling it. Since I have been here in Yichang, China...I kind of inadvertently got back into drumming....There is no stress involved, I play what I want, when I want and how I want and now combined with some of the knowledge I acquired whilst intensively studying drumming at the "Conservatorium of Music of W.A"..I think my heart has come back to it..I enjoy going to my friends music shop and just playing, more than I think I have enjoyed drumming... ever :-)
I am often asked why I came to Yichang, it is not a major city and other foreigners usually end up finding out about this place and moving here after already spending a few years in other parts of China...but I came straight here and often people wonder how or why? All I can really say is that in a way I felt drawn here and it seems that I am here to reconnect with many things (like Drumming, trusting, friendship and enjoying life etc)...put it all together and it feels like I'm reconnecting with myself.
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