Topic: Got an unexpected complement
I was playing a little guitar with my sister's boyfriend over the Thanksgiving weekend. We hadn't played together before, so we were just swapping the guitar back and forth and playing riffs and songs we knew. I told him through long habit I still rely on my song book. I've never been good at memorizing songs. For some reason, if that song book is open to the right page I really don't need to look at it much, but if it's not there I just can't recall how things go. Anyway, he's a pro piano player. Been pro for thirty years or so. Cruise ships, bars, opening acts. Wasn't a headliner so far as I know but he's a talented man nonetheless. Well, he looked through my songbook and asked "Can you play this one?" "Oh no, that's in there to practice on barre chords." "How about this one?" "Oh sure. But you've got to understand I don't play like a cover. I just play like I want so you'll have to listen and blend in." "No problem."
Well, we played through a couple songs. Then he said, "Keep up the good work. You're doing real well."
"Thanks. I'm teaching myself so I don't have any tricks, just basic strumming and fingerpicking."
"Well, don't worry about that. You've got the voice for it, just strum along and let people hear you sing."
I've never had my voice complemented and only ever considered it a means to keep track of the song. I enjoy singing, but never thought I was any good at it. I still don't, but it sure was nice to hear an unexpected complement.
- Zurf
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