One of my favorite memories with Jayh was at a New Year’s Eve party.
We were at my friend Tony’s house who had a music room. There was a drum set, a keyboard, a mic, and speakers playing smooth tunes as we prepped to ring in the new year.
At one point, Tony started playing the keyboard and riffing on the mic. Jayh came up to me and said, “Matt, take the drums!”
And I told him something along the lines of, “Not a chance…” And proceeded to explain that I didn’t have a musical bone in my body.
And Jayh looked at me… almost dumfounded and said, “Bro. You grab the sticks and hit.”
And while I continued to insist against it, he went in and grabbed the sticks and hit.
Zero hesitation. All heart.
What he said that night didn’t get me to play the drums… but, it’s resonated in my head ever since.
…Just grab the sticks and hit.
Why complicate it? Everybody starts somewhere. And the more we tell ourselves we can’t or we’re not good enough or “we’re not musical enough…” the more we’re going to hold ourselves back from starting.
…And there are a bunch of really great memories that each of us have missed because of it.