“My legs began to shake and my fingers cramped. My lips started bleeding, but I told myself not to stop playing”: Nigerian musician tells what it’s like to play the trumpet non-stop for 25 hours

Joshua Olusanya during his record-breaking performance.

A Nigerian musician has spoken about his record for the longest uninterrupted trumpet performance, which he acheived earlier this year.

Joshua Olusanya teaches music at an International school in Abuja and has written about his World Record attempt in the Guardian today. He played the instrument for 25 hours straight under very strict Guinness Book Of Records rules – Olusanya could only take a five-minute break each hour, and improvisation was not allowed. Soloing and jamming were also banned – he could only play melodies.