In Focus: Max

There are certain young people who have a sort of analytical mind already. Max is someone who has that. He was quite keen to soak up some production skills just as a background for himself, which is very interesting, it's quite an adult way of looking at things. Al Howard, Staff member, Trinity

Max (22)  has been coming to Trinity off and one for the past year.

He started playing the drums at the age of 12 but in recent years had no access to a drumkit so stopped playing.

Making Tracks has provided Max with weekly lessons, teaching him the rudiments of drumming for the first time and creating opportunities for him to realise songs he had written in his head for years. As he explains:

I've never really had the facilities and encouragement to do this before, but I'm making these steps, and although they're not speedy they’re at a pace that I’m comfortable with and I'm really enjoying the journey.

During the course of the year Max has found it easier to retain musical information, and both his confidence and musical ability have improved significantly. He shows great insight into the value of projects like Making Tracks and the benefits they offer to young people like him who may suffer from anxiety or self-doubt and therefore not push themselves forward

I think it's important that that's what these places do, they try to encourage people who aren't fully out of their shells or fully know what they want to do, to explore things and just have fun with it