brother moe

Harrison picked up my mom's guitar about two years ago and started to pick up songs just by ear immediately.  He started taking lessons shortly after, and although that helped, he had a natural talent and it was clear that he was going to be great, lessons or not.  After a while, I started to receive phone calls from him - "what blink182 song should I learn?"  "give me another song to figure out!".  Then he'd call me back about an hour later, and play the song perfectly for me over the phone.  To hear my little brother play the songs that I grew up listening to, and in turn, he was forced to listen to, being played over the phone for me was an indescribable feeling.

Last September, Harry created a YouTube channel playing covers of songs that his friends and (nagging) sisters requested.  With every song he recorded, I was more amazed and continued to ask myself how this was my little brother.  For Christmas, he recorded a nine song cover CD to give as gifts.  We all hung on to each song as it played and I don't think there was a dry eye in the room while we listened to the twenty minute CD.  The song above is the first he has written (for his girlfriend, aw!) thus far.  He makes me more proud every day and I still can't believe the amazing voice that comes through my car speakers when I'm playing his CD is that of my little brother,  my little bud growing up, the goofy, sweet little boy I would babysit and care for.

Harry - Keep it up.  You are amazing and you have something really special, a true gift.  I am so unbelievably proud and lucky to be able to say I'm your sister.  I love you, bud!