it’s almost time reluctantly and walk
into the bathroom to take a shower how
will I do a simple thing like this after
the operation when I’m finished I look
into the mirror I see a 15 year old guy
who loves to play music my plan was to
become a successful guitar player so why
is this happening to me why after a good
look at my hands I walk back to my bed
where my parents are the nurse came up
to me and she gives me my medication and
a marker and with this marker I write
down
stay away on my right arm and the target
mark on my left arm I don’t want the
doctors to make any mistake it’s time
absolutely many tears and kisses my mom
drives up with me to the or
I’m lying on a hard operation table and
it’s very cold before the doctors sedate
me I take one last look at both of my
hands and start crying knowing that in a
few hours I will wake up with only one
[Music]
so I play basically Topkick with with my
right hand and then anything that we
used to play with my left my left arm I
I was still in the hospital when I
received this video from my niece
instantly I got my dream back hope in
making music and hope in living a full
life without a second arm as soon as I
was recovered from bone cancer I bought
my first drum kit and I practiced for
hours and hours and it took a while
because there was no manual for one on
drumming I had to find out everything
myself but when I got better I started
to share my passion with the outside
world I posted so-called drum covers on
YouTube and I created my own website the
one thing that almost killed my dream
became my trademark one art the response
on these videos was overwhelming and
after a while I even want a local talent
contest here in the city of the noldor
where I used to live local and national
media picked up my story and I booked my
first live performances it got even
better
my passion for electronic dance music
grew and it started to produce and
record my own music because I was so
interested in EDM I came up with the
idea to combine this type of music
together with live drums which evolved
into a unique life act which had to run
clubs and festivals and this is what it
one fine day I received a phone call
from China the Chinese brand of the drum
kit I used to play on invited me over
exactly five years after my amputation I
was performing live at a big music Expo
in the middle of Shanghai after that
first time that came a second and even a
third time and this whole Expo became
just a part of all China to her I did
twice my family supported me all the way
but my parents did stress out the
importance of a good education I wanted
to go to the conservatory in Harlem to
become an emu zation with Jason at the
education to become an electronic
musician producer and studio engineer I
knew that they had a waiting list and
only allowed the best applicants to
enter and these are moms the doubt sets
in why would they choose me if they can
have normal students instead this
education requires the student to play
instruments like piano synthesizer and
you have to set up gear in the studio
but you know what after four years in
2015 I graduated any musician they
welcome me and I’m so grateful that they
were were willing to give me this chance
and went the extra mile for me so am I
always this positive and unhappy of
course not I still have my moments of
doubt and disappointment that I wish
that for one day I can live my life with
two hands again that I can hold my
girlfriend with both of my arms again
just like everybody else
but at these moments I just look at all
the things one arm brought me I’m still
here I’m living my life to the fullest
and I’m still making music and yeah
there’s one thing I can do and that is
to clap my hands but I leave that up to
you thank you [Applause]