State Of Mind

A couple of days ago, I received an email from my good friend Bala. He made a new discovery and wanted to share it with some of his friends. The discovery - a New York-based talented blind musician named Raul Midon, whose recording debut is entitled State Of Mind. Bala was genuinely excited about God having put Midon on Earth.

Knowing how similar my taste and his in music is, I went like "err, no thanks". But Bala was determined that I should at least give Midon a try. To make it easier for me to catch Midon's performance, he sent me a video of Midon. Well to humour him, I clicked on "play" and listened and watched the man in action.

Just as I thought - not my kind of music. There was a heady mix of Soul, R&B, Jazz, Latin and Folk. He was good I suppose and had a most unusual way of strumming his guitar. And he somehow reminded me of Ray Charles (on guitar instead of piano). And if you're into his brand of music, you will probably weep at the end of his act. But alas, I wasn't moved to tears (but I would've politely clapped if I were in the audience).

I later found out that even Bala's own wife was equally unimpressed. Well, good to know I wasn't the only one not keen on Midon.

Still, it was nice of Bala to think of me when he stumbled on something he considered to be a gem. Too bad the musically-challenged halfwit in me just wasnt't in the state of mind to appreciate that.