“Long neck, curves at the right places and with strings attached,” Sauti Sol’s Polycarp opens up on meeting his first love Cecilia (Video)
Sauti Sol’s guitarist and composer, Polycarp Otieno had a hard time opening up to the opposite sex ever since his childhood because he was super extra shy to even make a move.
Growing up, his love for music manifested itself, where every Sunday he would purpose to go to church, not because of anything but just to be part of the choir and listen to the melodic voices.
Alongside his 5-year junior brother Tom, Sunday was an every day routine for a 12-year old Polycarp who always tried to grab the attention of the choir members just so that he would be given a chance to be part of the musical composition. But never did his efforts bear fruit.
Growth
He went on and on, until her realized he was never going to get noticed. However, that only raised the musical urge in him until he finished school where he grew massive interest in the guitar.
In highschool, all I could think of and dream of was guitars. I excelled in my O-levels with an A- and that raised my confidence the more. I was now becoming a young adult; my voice had broken, shoulders broadened, I would spent several hours admiring myself in the mirror.
Right there he thought he had discovered the secret to having the opposite sex notice his presence. Woe unto him!
I noticed that something was missing, there was an edge I was looking for.
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Funny enough, it was nothing other than cologne-that scent that drives ladies crazy the minute they get in touch with it and for a dear Polycarp, that was going to be his redeemer! He went for it but his dad’s scorn only lowered his esteem and Polycarp did away with the perfume for good.
His first love Cecilia
That is when Polycarp stopped chasing after girls and started chasing after guitars, one he bagged and named ‘Cecilia’.
I went into one of my favorite music stores and there, I saw her. She was so beautiful, she stood out, dressed in wine red from head to toe. Had a long neck, curves at the right places. I wanted to go home with her. In fact, I wanted a relationship and not just any relationship, a relationship with strings attached and that is how I ended up with Cecilia.
You’d be shocked that walking around with Cecilia everywhere he went, actually built Polycarp’s confidence with girls. Cecilia gradually drew girls to Polycarp and his time to reap his big harvest had come!
