I'm a new blogger and decided to title my page Music and Life. There are no commas and no parenthesis, so it could be understood as 'music and life' how one interacts with the other, or it could be taken as two totally separate topics 'Music' and 'Life'. It's really up to you how you decide to interpret the heading. My own thinking on it is that one most definitely interacts with the other - so why didn't I use puctuation marks ? because sometimes, one can overtake and consume the other, one can go hand in hand with the other and of course for some, there isn't one without the other.
For me as a musician, living with other musicians both young and slightly older (!!!) there are days when life takes a back seat. This recession reality is forgotten as is the miserable rain pouring down outside, as the flute, guitar, piano and other instruments take over. This is where life becomes music and what it can do for the soul and the mind no doctor could prescribe.
For me as a musician, living with other musicians both young and slightly older (!!!) there are days when life takes a back seat. This recession reality is forgotten as is the miserable rain pouring down outside, as the flute, guitar, piano and other instruments take over. This is where life becomes music and what it can do for the soul and the mind no doctor could prescribe.
It is wonderful sometimes to turn off the t.v/radio and listen to the scales being practised complete with the hesitancies of youth. No embellishments are needed to hear the effort that the musician in question is placing on this very delicate exercise. Imagining the small fingers carefully moving on the flute, or positioning themselves on the violin or even trying to sing a scale with ease, brings with it a great sense of pride. Sure, there are 'wonky' notes or phrases but these can be mastered through time. Tone will develop and precision will eventually be automatic. And so I sit and take it all in, my children. My pride.
I suppose the fact that we no longer have Sky and don't possess an XBox, Wii, or PlayStation helps. They have a DS, but that's it. They have never asked for any of the above and so I'm happy to leave it that way. Thankfully when they play, they still like bikes, skateboards, roller blades etc. For that I am very grateful.
I suppose the fact that we no longer have Sky and don't possess an XBox, Wii, or PlayStation helps. They have a DS, but that's it. They have never asked for any of the above and so I'm happy to leave it that way. Thankfully when they play, they still like bikes, skateboards, roller blades etc. For that I am very grateful.
But of course, all good things must come to an end, the silence is usually broken with the sound of "Maaaa-mmmmmm........., why I do keep getting this one wrong"???? and so those few precious moments of listening now turn into moments of comforting and encouragement. The next generation now go through what I once did as a child (and still do as an adult)..... learning by my mistakes.
When we fall down, we get up wiser, and take the knowledge learned with us.
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