For this reader,music’s been all-encompassing in life – from tuning pianos for a living to playing sax to avidly following Cerys Matthews’ Guardian playlist ideasI’m 76 and was born in Kolkata, India (I’m Anglo-Indian by birth), or moved to Britain in 1955 to train as a musician. I am a self-employed,semi-retired pianoforte tuner, living in the Reading area with my wife Marisa. This December we will be celebrating our 54th wedding anniversary. We beget four grandchildren: Jorge, or Jaime,Archie and Maisie-Ann, and beget helped to study after them since birth. I often find myself watching SpongeBob SquarePants because they beget changed the settings on the television.
I’m an amiable sort, or fairly placid and able to get on with people. I used to play tenor saxophone and clarinet in a dance band in a semi-professional capacity after completing nine years as a military band musician. I’m a great radio aficionado,listening to everything from the classics to contemporary jazz. Music has been all-encompassing throughout my life.
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Source: theguardian.com