I spent a long time in the school library listening…

I spent a long time in the school library listening to [music], but I was always frustrated that I never seemed to be able to really get inside the music. I used to conduct as I listened. Wildly. Some children did air guitar… I did air baton. There’s a piano in my house, and I play when no one’s around - but as soon as anyone listens, my confidence goes and I lose my sense of rhythm.

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