Random Memories 7

Music

As a child, I was not much into music, in terms of playing an instrument. But in my teenage years, my mum always wanted me to learn to play the organ or the piano. When we came to SL once, she made me learn to play the organ and a middle aged man use to come home every week and teach me chords and songs.

He said I had talent and caught on very fast. My mum made him teach me some of the songs she liked. They were all Sinhala songs btw and I used to play them for her.

I enjoyed it too. I loved it. Every evening I would play the songs loud and my neighbours used to enjoy listening to them too.

One neighbor uncle would come to his balcony and listen to me play and then his wife would join him.

Another neighbor would listen from their garden.

Another neighbor would listen from their balcony etc..

I used to like Ganga Addara and I really can’t remember the other songs I used to play.

The organ is still there.

Later, I just grew out of it. I have not played the organ for a really long time and I don’t even remember how to play anymore…

For some reason,  I can’t even get myself to play it again… or even learn to..

Then I wanted to learn to play the guitar. Got one from my dad, which was one of the last things he ever bought me. I could never really do it though. Learnt a bit and then left it. So now my bro has started to learn coz he liked it when I taught him how to play chords etc…

Hopefully he can learn and play for me…. And maybe inspire me and teach me.. :)