Dear Brian,
Thank you for the positive feedback on Captain Nemo. It really means so much to me!
I wanted to write you my heartfelt thank you message for everything you’ve done for me over the few years I’ve been lucky enough to learn from you. I’ve waited until tonight because I didn’t want you to think that I was buttering you up for a better grade.
I can’t put into words how much I appreciate you believing in me after I initially failed your class the first few times I took it. You never sweated me about it, you were always friendly, beyond helpful, and willing to give me all of the chances that I needed to give it a fair shake. Getting the chance to redeem myself and receive a 4.0 grade in the production and theory classes gives me so much hope, in both myself and the world around me.
Your wisdom sticks with me every time I go to write a song: “One foot in the conservatory, one foot in the streets!”, To be honest, not a bad metaphor for living life either.
The world may be in a scary, unstable place right now but I hope that we all can rise to the occasion and change for the better. Also, I hope to god that I’ll find the opportunities to pursue a career in the music world, however that may be. Thanks to you, the time I spent at Jazz Alley has prepared me better than I could have hoped for how to make that happen.
Whatever the future may hold, you’ve made a difference in my life, and I thank you for that. It’s true what they always say at KEXP: “You are not alone.”
I hope that these hard times have not been too unkind to you. I also hope that we can continue to keep in touch!
All the best, Aidan Carey