Yesterday I did a little interview with two of the students I have been working with here in South Africa. Meet Lutho and Lungi- two 16 year old native Grahamstown residents.
Tom: What do you like about music?
Lutho: I like the feeling you get when you play, it is so different!
Lungisa: Yeah, it's like inner peace- takes your mind away from everything else.
T: What does music teach you?
Lungisa: Originality. You get to choose your own instrument, and you don’t have to copy someone else. You can write and compose music. It's what you think, it can be all about you. You can improvise and express what you are feeling.
Lutho: Its a different way of thinking, going into your creative brain. Also, it teaches you discipline- you have to know that if you don’t practice, then you will never enjoy it because you won't get the product you want. If you like music and love the sound, you wont get it if you don't practice.
T: What do you want to do when you are older?
Lungisa: I want to do something with entertainment. I want a professional career, but I want to be an entertainer too!
Luthot: Not sure, but I know I want to perform. Whatever I’m doing, I want to sing. I’m not sure I want to do music as my whole life- but I always want it to be there.
Lutho and Lungi are currently working on an original song about life at school. Check out the brief video below of the girls singing some traditional music.
Tom: What do you like about music?
Lutho: I like the feeling you get when you play, it is so different!
Lungisa: Yeah, it's like inner peace- takes your mind away from everything else.
T: What does music teach you?
Lungisa: Originality. You get to choose your own instrument, and you don’t have to copy someone else. You can write and compose music. It's what you think, it can be all about you. You can improvise and express what you are feeling.
Lutho: Its a different way of thinking, going into your creative brain. Also, it teaches you discipline- you have to know that if you don’t practice, then you will never enjoy it because you won't get the product you want. If you like music and love the sound, you wont get it if you don't practice.
T: What do you want to do when you are older?
Lungisa: I want to do something with entertainment. I want a professional career, but I want to be an entertainer too!
Luthot: Not sure, but I know I want to perform. Whatever I’m doing, I want to sing. I’m not sure I want to do music as my whole life- but I always want it to be there.
Lutho and Lungi are currently working on an original song about life at school. Check out the brief video below of the girls singing some traditional music.