By Sheetal | Revolutionary
After taking drumming lessons for four months, practicing hard at one-on-one classes with my teacher, Andrew, and with my band led by my other teacher, Eric, I finally had my first public performance on 26 January, 2015! I played the rock drums to Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and Bonnie Raitt's "Love Letter". I also played the Bongo to "Strong Enough" by Sheryl Crow.
Before my concernt I was so nervous my hands were shaking. I had never performed before an audience before. I felt like I would forget everything I had learnt and just go blank on stage. But, when I finally went on stage, and the guitarist started the song, my hands automatically started playing and I actually had so much fun playing! The links to my videos are below, and you can see that I was actually having fun and just jamming!
The audience clapped so loud and whistled and cheered after my performance. I couldn't believe I had actually gone through all the songs and not made any mistakes. Not only that- I had actually improvised on the spot with the cymbals and done something new I hadn't done before! I don't know what happened- it just came to me naturally and I just played it.
Now, I am looking forward to my next concert at the end of March. However, I have had much fewer classes this time, as many classes got cancelled because of bad weather and snow storms, so I am nervous all over again.
That brings me to the snow- if you see my pictures you will think I loved the snow. It does look beautiful, but I have never been such cold weather before and I really found it difficult on the days the temperature went down to -14 degrees Centigrade. Even when I went trekking with Kranti in the Himalayas I had not felt so cold.
But now, the worst is over. This week I felt like finally Spring is coming. So, to celebrate, I went to Meridian Hill Park for a picnic with my friends and to watch the Drum Circle. Drum Circle was amazing! There were almost 15 people playing different kinds of percussion instruments and the beat was so amazing I wanted to start dancing! I hope one day I have confidence enough to join the group and play with the Drum Circle. I think I will make this my aim before I leave Washington, D.C.
In the next report, look forward to videos from my second concert!
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