Recently, however, another American student at my school mentioned he played guitar. After hearing him play in my living room, we started playing together. "We should find some places to perform", we mused one day. Within the week, I found two places that were interested in having us perform, the first one being less than a week after the initial inquiry. Though we're not looking to break into the Urumqi music scene, it is a fun outlet for us. After a few rehearsals we were able to whip together quite diverse set of tunes. CCR. Bob Dylan. Beatles. Clapton. Bon Iver. I threw in a number in Chinese. Jeremy threw in one he wrote. Then, we stumbled onto Johnny Cash. So many Cash tunes to chose from. For this first gig we settled on 'Ring of Fire'. Do you remember the intro? Yep. Trumpet. Should have brought my trumpet! Next time I'm home, the trumpet's coming.