It seems every 6 February, something musical happens to me.
It started coincidentally. On 6 Feb. 2009, I learned to play my first song on the guitar (Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin”). I had wanted to play guitar because of the Byrds’ “So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star,” not realising that it was satirical. Incidentally, the album on which that appeared was released on 6 February 1967, and it was named “Younger than Yesterday” - a phrase taken from Dylan’s “My Back Pages,” which the Byrds covered on that album.
In 2010, I was at a quiz bowl competition, and since I was the only varsity player present, I was the captain of the team. So my friend drew me a “Cap’n Dave!” logo, which I later took to be my moniker for when I write songs and such.
This year I’m done with the coincidences; I’m making things happen.
For a few months, I’ve been planning this. I cut out “¡Sapiano!” in paper letters, and taped it to my guitar. I based this off Chris White (of the Zombies, my favourite band), as seen in this picture.
I realise now that it says “This is a piano,” but in my excitement when I first found these pictures, I misread it as “¡Sapiano!” So… yeah.
