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Re: Realizing when you won't go pro

Author: chipper
Date: 2005-11-17 15:17

For some reason, when I was young I thought the only musicians worth listening to were the "pros." In fact, one time in the early '70s I was at an organizational meeting for a bus trip to a Washington DC rally where I recomended that we bring a tape player so we'd have music on the bus. I was overwhelmingly stomped by the amature musicians who proposed they bring their instruments. Now with my involvement in amature music I see things differently. I go to student recitals. My son is in the school chorus so I've heard the school band progress from 4th grade into high school and realize what wonderful sound these kids make. I'm now playing with our community band. A part of that tapestry. A large part of making music is the connections formed with others. Metaphorically its figuring out where we fit, how we harmonize with those around us. The band (metaphore for society) is much greater than the sum of its parts.

Boy, isn't that a bunch of blah blah? It's just a lot of fun to play and some can do it for money and the rest of us will have the times of our lives playing for fun.

Peace

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