Reply To: Open note — you guys don’t do this! Hahaha.

[LinkedMusicians]

I’m back. BTW, when I wrote “You guys, don’t do this,” I was laughing at myself for posting something that technically is very off topic in the deals forum, but since I’m one of the most frequent deals posters, I thought I would do and ask. Thanks so much to @mustakatu. You really are an incredible person and I can’t explain why here, but believe me guys, I’m not merely referring to how helpful he has been with this site. He is truly an amazing human being.  But when it comes to this community, he’s a really kind and considerate person.

I’m really grateful for that.

As long as I started this out, sharing my day. Both of my kids are pretty reserved. They’re very friendly. Very focused on helping others as my wife and I have always modeled. My daughter, a teenager in HS, is fairly shy. She also has a beautiful singing voice. But I never heard her sing like tonight. Wow, what a treat. My family had passed on by her birth, so she only knows stories of my music teacher mother, my three siblings and I playing in a band. And unfortunately, I can’t persuade her to sing in my little attempts at making music. And though I bought a karaoke system a few years ago, she has refused to do it. I’m the only family member shameless enough to do karaoke and be a complete goof. That’s my role as dad. But tonight really surprised me. When she soloed, it was really lovely. What a thrill it was to see my daughter singing beautifully. I felt my family’s legacy — even though my mother and siblings and I were musicians and didn’t really sing (except for me, but never in public performances).

Witnessing my daughter singing, performing publicly and seeing how it moved people, that was really special. It’s so wonderful that we have this gift of music, that we share in this community. I hope we will continue to get to know one another better and share more of ourselves in the year ahead. Feel free to share whatever you like in this completely off topic, out of place thread. I’ll eventually delete it.

– Peter

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