So now you know the background of Rob and Ray. And there they were, together in Michigan for most, if not all, of March. They went from school to school, sometimes doing several shows a day, and rejoicing in their free hotel WiFi at night. They were well-received, and this is where I’m going to go back to the aforementioned kid who stuck out from the others.
This was a boy who had seen Rob’s show on a previous tour, and found a way to contact Rob to give him the message that he’d been extremely touched by the show. So much so that he confessed he had been seriously contemplating suicide before seeing Rob, and after watching the show and hearing the message, he felt that he owed his decision to live to Rob’s influential performance.
Wow, huh? Is that not the exact point of all this? To make a difference? My dad relayed this all to me on the phone on Easter, and I could practically see the twinkle in his eye as he recounted the amazing story. He went on to mention that the tour would be a week longer because they had arranged to stop at the boy’s school to do another performance. But of course.
Keep this story in mind the next time you feel like the music you’re making isn’t affecting anyone. Just because no one is speaking up doesn’t mean they’re not touched. You just never know when you’ll change (or maybe save) a person’s life.
For more details on Rob the Drummer and his music, visit these links:
http://www.ket.org/cgi-bin/watch/episode.pl?nola=RTDR++000000&&cd=1&
wow that is an incredible story