50の手習いで、アコースティックギターのオンラインレッスンを始めて1年と10ヶ月あまり。
そして、ギターを始めたことを聞いた悪友からのお誘いで親父バンドでボーカルを担当することになり初めてスタジオで練習したのが1年半前。
普段の生活な中に音楽という新しい趣味が加わったことで刺激ができ、何よりも45年以上も付き合いのある小学校からの親友と第二の青春を楽しめるのは、本当にかけがえのないことだと感謝しています。
ところが、前回7月のスタジオ練習の時に、キーボード担当の友達が会社から内示を受けてタイのバンコクに転勤するとの報告を受けました。この年で転勤するかーと思いましたが、ニューヨークを皮切りに、シドニー、デリーと海外駐在経験が多いのでしょうがないのでしょうか。
ということで、抜けたキーボードの穴を埋めるための候補者探しが始まりました。もちろん条件は同じ学校の同級生ということになります。
そして、来週の土曜日に約2ヶ月ぶりのスタジオ練習があるのですが、その後の飲み会に候補者の同級生を呼び口説き落とすことに決まりました。
私の方は、ようやく歌いながらのギター弾き語りがなんとかできるようにはなってきました。これもバンドという存在がなければギターも途中で挫折していた可能性が高かったと思っています。
10月に出走を予定している横浜マラソンも、このバンドメンバーの一人から誘ってもらったもの。彼は大学まで陸上に打ち込んだ人なので一緒に走れるのも光栄です。
また、私以外のメンバーは、学生の時にバンド活動に打ち込んでいたり、他にもいくつかのバンドを掛け持ちしていたりと、私と比べると経験値も高いのに私に合わせてくれるのも小学生以来の腐れ縁だからです。
さあ、来週のバンド練習に向けてギターの練習しようっと。
(English)
It’s been a little over a year and 10 months since I started taking online acoustic guitar lessons as an apprentice of 50.
Then, one and a half years ago, a bad friend of mine heard that I had started playing guitar and invited me to join his band as a vocalist.
I am grateful for the stimulation that the new hobby of music has given me in my daily life, and most of all, for being able to enjoy a second youth with my best friend from elementary school, whom I have known for over 45 years, is truly invaluable.
However, during our last studio practice in July, I received a report that my friend in charge of keyboards had received a job offer from his company and was going to be transferred to Bangkok, Thailand. I was surprised that he would be transferred at his age, but I guess it is inevitable since he has been stationed overseas many times, starting in New York, then Sydney, and finally Delhi.
So, the search began for a candidate to fill the keyboardist’s vacancy. Of course, the condition was that they be classmates from the same school.
Next Saturday, we will have our first studio practice in about two months, and we decided to invite the candidate to a drinking party afterwards to woo him.
As for me, I have finally managed to play the guitar while singing. If it were not for the existence of the band, it is highly likely that I would have failed on the guitar as well.
The Yokohama Marathon, which I plan to run in October, was also invited by one of the band members. He is someone who devoted himself to track and field until college, so it is an honor to be able to run with him.
Also, other than myself, the other members of the band have been involved in band activities as students or have been in several other bands, so they are more experienced than I am, but they are willing to match me because they have been rotten friends since elementary school.
Now, I’m going to practice my guitar for next week’s band practice.
It’s been a little over a year and 10 months since I started taking online acoustic guitar lessons as an apprentice of 50.
Then, one and a half years ago, a bad friend of mine heard that I had started playing guitar and invited me to join his band as a vocalist.
I am grateful for the stimulation that the new hobby of music has given me in my daily life, and most of all, for being able to enjoy a second youth with my best friend from elementary school, whom I have known for over 45 years, is truly invaluable.
However, during our last studio practice in July, I received a report that my friend in charge of keyboards had received a job offer from his company and was going to be transferred to Bangkok, Thailand. I was surprised that he would be transferred at his age, but I guess it is inevitable since he has been stationed overseas many times, starting in New York, then Sydney, and finally Delhi.
So, the search began for a candidate to fill the keyboardist’s vacancy. Of course, the condition was that they be classmates from the same school.
Next Saturday, we will have our first studio practice in about two months, and we decided to invite the candidate to a drinking party afterwards to woo him.
As for me, I have finally managed to play the guitar while singing. If it were not for the existence of the band, it is highly likely that I would have failed on the guitar as well.
The Yokohama Marathon, which I plan to run in October, was also invited by one of the band members. He is someone who devoted himself to track and field until college, so it is an honor to be able to run with him.
Also, other than myself, the other members of the band have been involved in band activities as students or have been in several other bands, so they are more experienced than I am, but they are willing to match me because they have been rotten friends since elementary school.
Now, I’m going to practice my guitar for next week’s band practice.
50の手習いで始めたアコースティックギターが、小学校の同級生4人組を繋げてくれて、今は第二の青春を楽しんでいます。いつか同窓会を開いてバンドデビューすることを夢見ているのでスタジオ練習に、個人練習頑張ります。