Singing along to good music and doing it well, whether if I'm singing along with the itunes in my car or in a choir or voice lessons, is quite satisfying, and again, one of my favorite things to do.
I dink (apparently spellcheck does not approve of this word usage) around on the piano quite often and have made up a very small number of catchy... pieces or... songs? I enjoy doing this quite a bit, and when it (rarely) becomes something I deem as kinda good (for me to write anyway) I put this under the category of one of my favorite things to do as well.
Even guitar hero... a game in which I have not touched for months and months... when I play guitar hero I sometimes get great satisfaction just because it FEELS like I'm actually producing some cool tunes (yeah, I play on expert :P )
I wish, though, that I could be musically talented enough to be a creative force in a band. I would LOVE to play the bass guitar I've got collecting dust at home with a couple of guitarists, a drummer, and a singer or two, and maybe a keyboardist and who knows what else.
Some will say all I need to is haul the ol' bass guitar out and start slappin de bass-uh... but that would mean I devote a large portion of free time that is really, really hard to come by while college is in. Not only that, but in order for me to be in a band, I would have to find a handful of people who would also need to devote said hard-to-get-by free time.
Even if I could find the time and the others to join... I'm not sure if I have enough room in my talent cap to become a useful member of a band anyway. Sure I am decent at music... I've got a scholarship in singing here at Dordt, but I have also found that the music that Dordt is expecting me to be able to perform in voice lessons is impossibly hard, and while they say they are only trying to stretch me... I feel there is a point where I have been stretched a bit too thin (and I feel this also applies to the insane busyness that we get caught up in college).
Meanwhile, I will just continue to stretch myself thin during voice lessons and to push my creative abilities on the piano with the pieces of melodies and harmonies that have been started, but have ultimately remained unfinished, all the while wishing that I could do more.
Maybe this is a bad attitude. Perhaps I should be happy with the talent I do have.
Or maybe this is a good attitude. Perhaps I should not be happy with my present ability, but work hard to push my limits.
Bottom line: I enjoy music, and whatever I do with it, I will be sure to continue to enjoy it. If I begin to not enjoy music, I am doing something wrong.
If you made it through this entire post, I am impressed by your commitment and determination.
Now give yourself a hug and cookie... cuz you rule.
Now give yourself a hug and cookie... cuz you rule.
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