I was in London on Thursday where they have pianos dotted about in various locations. It is part of some summer of music thing they have going on. They are placed there for people to just come along and play and it seemed to me that everyone who did must have been studying for some time. I must have heard about seven different people and not one of them was playing Chopsticks. Wouldn't it be nice, if just one random person would sit down and pretend they could play. I would much rather watch someone having fun rather than showing off. On the other hand, there were some very talented musicians about that day. Not one person made a fool of themselves, which was a bit disappointing in a way. With the good music and the sunshine it wasn't a bad day out. I just wish that I had the talent or at least the balls to have a go myself.
This guy was really good. |