Went for lunch to a nice indian place here. Didnt stuff myself crazy as usual, as I had gone with my boss. Anyways, thats not the point. Quite a big restaurant .. nice buffet. There was Indian classical/instrumental music playing in the background. Sitar. We were chatting, eating but somehow I kept listening to the sitar. I do like classical instrumental music a lot. Thats when I realized it was live music .. and not some CD. The guy was playing it so well .. throughout the meal I caught myself nodding and humming to the music. Just as I went to tip him, he took a break .. giving me a chance to chat. His name was Kevin. I asked him where he learnt to play the sitar, as its quite hard and expensive to get someone to teach you such stuff in America. "I learnt it myself. I taught myself how to play it" ... I was like .. whaaat??? He said ya .. "I just looked it up, learnt a few raagas. The last one was Yemen. (Yaman) and the one before was Kalyaan". Amazing, some people are.
Posted by anya at March 28, 2005 04:26 PM | TrackBackquite amusing.. i guess people are a lot more motivated than we expect.. :)
Posted by: zany at March 28, 2005 06:06 PMLyon, Josh's friend has got himself a sitar because he got it cheap. He plays amazing guitar! and is planning to learn sitar himself too.
the thing i have observed with many westerners is that they are dedicated in what they do once they decide to do it.
hey clatix, even I thought of lyon when I read this post... the dude plays a mean guitar :)
Posted by: Prashant at March 29, 2005 07:42 AMI second the above opinions! The perseverence is just amazing..
Posted by: PseudoFreud at March 29, 2005 12:15 PMAmazing ideed! Especially, if he isn't a Kevin (like Norah) Jones ;)
Posted by: Spaceman at March 30, 2005 05:07 PMInteresting. I used to know a Kevin in Gainesville, Florida who used to play the Sitar and who had taught himself! I wonder...
Btw, first time visiting...nice place you have here!
Posted by: GratisGab at April 1, 2005 02:53 PMGratisGab: I'll ask this one if he was ever in Florida!
Posted by: anya at April 1, 2005 05:05 PM