So recently I had the pleasure of doing something I hadn’t had a chance to do before.
My friend Al, who I had met through playing a computer game and hadn’t seen since he and his buddies flew out to Boston some time ago for a big party, asked me to play at his wedding at the end of June.
It was an incredible time. He and his fiancee flew me out to Michigan for the service, where I sat the piano for the duration of their ceremony and played a mixture of my own music, some David Lanz covers, and a few songs they wanted me to learn specifically for them (like the Glasglow Love Theme). They even requested one of my songs, Charisma, be their “recessional” song (which fit in nicely).
However, it was after the service, when both of them came up to me in the midst of all the craziness going on, and thanked me for coming to play for them, saying “this would not have been as special as it was without you here, we had to have you come play”.
That’s about as great a compliment I have ever gotten. To be a part of someone’s wedding is important in and of itself, but to see the sincerity in their eyes when they told me that, was an incredible feeling.
Thank you Emily and Al for giving me the chance to do this. I wish you both nothing but the best.
-Jon
