THE BIG COMPETITION: A MUSICIAN FROM A FAMILY NOT MUSICALLY INCLINED

I grew up from a humble background! My parents worked so hard trying for me to be a really successful person! However I couldn't just figure out their own definition of success. However I decide to play along with their definition of success.

I remember I develop a strong passion for music when I was really young but I couldn't be vocal about it since my parents saw all musicians to be lazy and poor people seeking to again attention in exchange for money! For them the only successful people where people who had gone to school and had proper education and are doctors.

Sincerely I couldnt blame my parents for this becuase they had never been to school althrough Lives. So they decided to make sure all their children go through proper education.

However I honored and respected their views of Life but my heart was felt something different from what my mind was thinking. As the days where growing by my love for music and the passion to play music was increasing. I had started learning drums from church and the piano too.

I did when to conservative school! Where students all stayed on Campus. So oftenly I will escape lectures to go play music. This passion so much grew in me. Infact in the world I created for myself my parents where not in it. And in that world I had become the best drummer in my town and my parents where never even aware that I played any music.

So I successfully kept this passion for a music a secret till I went to the university. I severedly suffered with emotional trauma as a result of the fact that my parents couldnt accept me or accept what I felt in my heart to be. Sometimes I will try to bring up the idea of passion but they would immediately turn it down.

One day came and I decided I was not going to hide my passion anymore, I had made up my mind that I would stand for what I believe no matter what any other person had to say.

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So there was an audition going on in the my University Orchestra and a drummer was needed to sit in for the band. So I attended the audition and the music director was so amazed at my display of skill. He said he had never seen a geat drummer Like me. And the whole band also accepted me. This boosted my confidence so much. I made new musician friends within the orchestra @blaisebass1 played the bass guitar for the orchestra and @masango played the piano for the orchestra. So we played to gether for a very longtime. And in my second year in the university I was made the New band Director.

A huge gig came in for the orchestra. The orchestra had been called to represent the Region for the National University music competition and the presidenf will be present for it. Finally!!!!! this was the perfect opportunity for me to proof myself to my parents. So I decided to stay a while and before telling my parents the big news that I was going to be playing with University Orchestra for the National Universty competitions of which the President will be present. I had a strong feeling that this was going to amaze my parents, I taught that if I could just proof myself to them that could accept me to follow my passion.
Just for me to tell them and I recieved a strong opposition from them. This made me vicuous. I told me I must attend no matter what! The discussion escalated so much so that my Father told me that if I go I should never return to his house again and then he switched of his call.

After the tension had cooled off. I sat down and the words of my father kept echoing in my mind. I was so afraid. I could not just risk my relationship with my Parents. So I decided not to perform with the band any longer.

Now I didnt just know how I was going tp inform the band considering that I had failed them. I had always been an icon of hope to them when they performed. I usually inspire them to be better but then I had to give up on them just in that one moment where they needed me the most. I took courage and approached them and told them. Seeing the sadness on their faces I tried to cheer them up. I spoke to them over thirty minutes and finally started seeing confidence in their faces.

Finally on the competition day!! Their performance was so amazing and the University Rector had to send letters of congratutions to us. I was so filled with Joy. And my band came out with the first Price So I concluded that a band is a strong as their collective passion not just skill

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