This channel began as a showcase of Lake Mary High School band, where my son played in the band (Therefore Ram Band). Since then, it has post become an assortment of various events I want to share - concerts, weddings, marching bands.
Interesting. I debated for a long time if I was going to comment on this video or not. This is me, I go by Harper now. I turned 18 a week before this concert. I'm 30 today. I was recently reminded that this video existed and thought I'd give it a listen. I'm surprised that it has 400+ views. This is a 29 string Minstrel lever harp with Celtic knotwork by Roosebeck. At the time, I had taken harp lessons for about a year and had been casually playing for a year and a half. My accompanist, Carol, was my harp instructor as well, and she was amazingly supportive of my message and exactly how I wanted it to sound, look, and feel. This is honestly the best it could have gone, and I'm very proud of that. I never took lessons in singing and had sung in the school chorus for two years. This solo was my Senior Solo for Advanced Chorus class. I did try out for the school talent show the year before and got rejected for being "too serious and slow". (Y'all don't know talent.🖕🏼) I still play the harp. I own a beautiful 36 string Paraguayan harp and I plan to record this song again. It's a song that still means a lot to me as an adoptee, and I sing it often. For me, it's about about missing a part of yourself that you have lost, yet never really had. It's about loneliness, self-doubt, and the difficulty in coping with abandonment - real and imagined. I'm not sure how many people have seen or will ever see this, between the audience and the internet. This was a moment that defined me as a new adult, a musician, and a survivor. In addition to being a "thank you" to everyone who supported and loved me, it was also an enormous "fuck you" to everyone who (essentially) told me that I wouldn't make it to adulthood, to forget about my education. I love that this video exists. It's cringey, awkward, and uncomfortable. It's raw, unedited, unfiltered, and sad. It's the physical embodiment of my high school experience. Me, alone in my head, overthinking everything. Striving for perfection, and hating myself when I fail. Being forced to be and act okay even though I'm losing my shit on the inside. And not giving myself credit for kicking ass in the end. It's also pure, hopeful, and just about the most perfect song to have chosen. I decided between this, Moon River, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and God Help the Outcasts as they all were (and still are) very sentimental to me. I'm not sure what I wanted to do with this comment. It's therapeutic, I guess. Seeing it after all these years, and the fuckery that is life. Very cool. Very odd. Explaining a video that I'm in. That's all I have for now. Maybe I'll comment in another 10 years. To this channel - thank you for keeping this up.
Hi Harper, I'm so glad you found this video. Thank you for sharing your reflections on your journey -- you have eared the wisdom, peace and confidence that you feel now. Wishing you lots of happiness!
We are playing this as a 7th and 8th grade band, and in the beginning (right before measure 8) our band director asked for a student who could scream like a 'damsel in distress' and a trombone player named David was chosen... None of us can play when he screams because it sounds really good, but its also really funny to hear lmao
Missing binte Dil rest portion very much.. you recorded the video from a good angle. Arijit was so close... But I wish, phire faqeera and binte Dil should have been recorded remaining portions tooo.. 😭❤️❤️❤️. Thankyou so much for bringing all his songs together 🥺😍😍😍
@@arijitlover8019 Awesome, Majical, Superb, like Evilx Fearless said below. He and his band played nonstop for over 3 hours. Started on time. Jammed, had us dancing in our seats, did acoustic renditions -- the whole range. Very good!
Great memories in the United Methodist fellowship hall! I eagled out in 2004. I noticed that a troop in Moraga, CA has our troop number now. How did our troop in Longwood come to its end?
We played this in Disney World when I was in high school many years ago. For some reason I thought of that today and had to google Phantom Of The Opera songs 🤷♀️
