My aunt had a season ticket for the Friday afternoon concerts, and I would go down for lessons. My lessons were Saturday morning.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.
A concert is always like a feast day to me.
I graduated on a Friday. By Monday, I was doing Shakespeare in the Park.
Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.
I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in a box throughout the whole evening.
The things that got me through grade school are helping me out later in life. It's like, I show up on time. If you buy a ticket to one of my shows, I'll show up. I'll be there. And if it says 10:00, I'll be on stage at 10:00.
My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.
I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening.
Whenever I do my concerts, I try to do master classes or students.
My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings.