Most (but not all) of you will have noticed that New Years Eve is over, so I should have posted this a few days ago. Unusually for a musician, I wasnt working this year; I decided to take the night off to spend with my family and some family friends to mark a special occasion. Exactly 20 years ago, on 31 December 1994, I set foot in England as a resident. I never thought Id stay for more than a few years, but as usual, life had a way of complicating things, and not at all in a bad way. Ive met more amazing people than I ever could have imagined, and am humbled to say that I have more close friends than most people will ever amass in a lifetime - this is one of the greatest perks of the closely knit musical society we have in this country. I consider myself unbelievably fortunate to have stumbled into it, and even more fortunate to have been accepted into it by so many great people and artists. I have the fortune to be surrounded by some of the best musicians in the entire world (and thats no exaggeration) - I certainly never imagined that when I started playing the sousaphone in my junior high school band at the age of 12. I have a couple more major anniversaries to mark this year, so Ill save some of my sentimental waffling for those, but I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone Ive met over the past 20 years here, and to say that Im available for weddings, parties, and bar mitzvahs.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 01:38:20 +0000
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