It's getting to be crunch time again with exams just around the corner and three finals standing in the way of my summer vacation (by NZ standards, of course).
SO, naturally, I am getting to that Procrastination Point again. (P Squared!)
Today I was reading article after article for my boring Policing course. Around 4:30 I decided I really wanted to play the piano and take out some aggression and frustration in the form of music. (I have had a rough couple of days. I'm fine, please don't ask me about it....No really. Don't.) The frustrating thing about me going to play the piano is that I am utterly useless without sheet music. Where is my sheet music? Why, it's in Washington DC somewhere in a giant cardboard box. So I can only remember like half of all the songs I know how to play and that gets to be even more frustrating when all you want to do is play one song through.
At around 6:30, I was getting ready to leave. I opened the door of the practice room and saw five music books sitting on the ground!! I looked around and peeked into the other rooms but no one was around. So I grabbed the books, telling myself I'd play a few songs and then return them to where I found them. I flip through these books, and of course it's all Musical Theater. God truly knows where my soul is. haha. I played a few tunes, sight reading mostly, and playing chords to songs i knew how to sing.
This is when I came across "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera, sung by characters Raoul and Christine.
For those of you who don't know, Phantom of the Opera is one of my favorite musicals. And this song is one of my favorite songs to play on the piano because its so interactive. I hadn't played it in a while so the first time through was a little rough, but soon enough muscle memory kicked in! I was playing and really enjoying myself, even starting to hum along a little, when the door opened. Embarrassed, I stopped playing and asked the kid that walked in if these books belonged to him.
He was really excited and said they were his but that he was excited when he heard familiar strains of music. He told me I was very good, which was quite the compliment! (the piano is not my strongest instrument, despite 16 years of playing). I was just about to get out of his way, when he goes, "Actually, do you want to sing through the song together? I love this song." And I agreed! So here I am with a complete stranger, singing one of my favorite piano pieces... and I had a page turner too! haha... it's just so random and so cool. And that's why Kiwis rock. I doubt that would ever happen to me in America. People are too sheepish. So yeah.. freaking awesome.
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