Is music feasible for me?

Question

all my life was dedicated to being a bookworm and working mya ss off with school. Ive missed out on so many things most kids experience. I have had a hard time doing college and it would appear almost impossible for me to go on with it. I have burned myself out with it and iam almost 20. I have an ok paying job thats part time and pays most of my bills. I always wanted to try out music but it has been frowned upon for me to try it all my life. If I strait up signed up for lessons in a week and dedicated an entire year to improve upon it would I be too far behind in ever seeing a hope with joining a local band? Its is on my list of 50 things to do before i die. Is this feasible? I feel i have nothing to look forward to but hell (Id rather burn in hell than to do more schooling). The three instruments i want to try out is guitar , piano and vocals. Is this feasible or stupid teen wishful thinking? I cant think of anything that I truly wana try out.

Answer 1

I think that if your job allows you to handle your bills and your life financially, you could take up the hardest of the three instruments you chose- the piano.

Music is very important in our lives and mine revolves mostly around it, among other things. If your passion lies elsewhere, or you just want to learn for the fun of it, you could gain some basic knowledge and just give up studying it thoroughly. What I'm saying is that if you want to learn music you should go through with it and major in music in college.

If you're looking to join a band, I would suggest you think again after studying basic theory and music as it is a really difficult job getting money scraped through this business at first.
If you put aside college and sign up for a basic beginners' class in piano, you stand a chance to learn the complex world of music. But if you've got friends or family who are well-versed in this, get them to teach you to keep costs low, or you can self-learn with a guidebook if you're really keen. If you have to practise you'll need a portable keyboard or upright piano. A Clavinova is a rather popular choice now. To get proper qualifications you'll need to take exams in each grade. More details here: http://www.abrsm.org/?page=home

A guitar is easier to learn once you've passed Grade 5 ABRSM theory lessons and so is composing and song-writing if you'd like to try. Guitars cost considerably lesser than a piano, but hopefully with a piano and some knowledge you could teach others.

Vocals aren't too difficult if you know your voice range but training requires a professional to teach.

Music is feasible for anybody, it's just who you want to be in the future that will affect your decision.
Rock on!

Answer 2

You are what you want to be. There is nothing keeping you from going the music route except yourself. You should give yourself a chance and just go for it. A really good music teacher can find out very quickly if you have talent for any areas of music and you will never know unless you try.

As for college, give it a few years and try again. Getting burned out simply is your mind telling you to take a break. I went back to college at 45 or so and now have a BA and MA.