I've played in two bands so far, both in Brazil. Unfortunately, since I got back to Germany, I didn't find bands to play with. So my musical activity has been limited to playing in my room, on the streets and in the corridors of different Business Schools around the globe. I've had the odd jam session of open mic from time to time, too.
I was looking into my music library today and found the crude recordings of some of the concerts of the second band I played with, Bunker 292 Acústico. The band was composed by a singer, a guitar player, another guitar player and myself on the harmonica. The singer and first guitar player were my cousins, and we used only acoustic instruments, which made rehearsing very easy. As a curiosity, all band members were from German decent, and a mix of German and Portuguese during rehearsals was common.
I had great fun playing with them on Sunday afternoons, which encourages me to try to get into a band as soon as possible. I am realistic enough to know that I won't be doing that while the MBA lasts, but I think music will continue to be an important part of my work/life balance (a theme that is very trendy at the moment).

Below you will find one of those recordings, I hope you enjoy it. It is already almost 5 years old and it was one of our first live concerts, so forgive any mistakes and the recording quality. The allAll band members have gotten much better now, I believe.

Plush

It is not dramatic. No big surprises. It came as it was expected to come. That makes it a bit easier, but not too much.
So it is a new start. As that anecdote about the Zen master goes: good luck, bad luck, who knows?
I know that it is my responsibility to make it good. And I know that there are no regrets. And that it was good. So it will be good. No. It will be great. And it was great. It is my decision.
The longing will continue to be there. The wish for things to be different, the wish to defy reality. But time and new friends are a great medicines, and I have plenty of both.
Farewell, but don't loose touch.

Sorry for the uncommonly introspective and highly personal post, but this blog serves as personal record too. And that's how I'm feeling today.