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Thoughts on Paul Hester

From a rock 'n' roll high in one post, to a low in the next.

What was an otherwise happy Easter long weekend spent camping and watching dear friends exchange vows of love, has ended on a sad note with the news of Paul Hester, former Split Enz and Crowded House drummer, taking his own life.

I know it's silly to think that you should have any kind of understanding of what kind of person a musician is like when your perception is based purely on the music they create. But you still feel some kind of connection anyway, regardless of how real it is, because they made you feel something when they spoke to you using the language of music.

I empathise with the feeling of a tortured artist battling his inner demons, I do. But what is really sad is thinking of how Hester's young daughters will cope with such a loss.

I think I'll go curl up in bed now and be melancholy.