[Puppy Pianist]

Yes I agree, if you want to have another go then certainly, do...


However this thread is warm :tiphat: (as in "hot---cold----warm---cold---warm etc" when tryting the old party game of blind mans buff i think) when it comes to affininty with Puppy Pianist's quest on this forum.

In short, you have touched upon a very thorny issue, one that affects all musicians personally, psychoolistlically and variously at times in the career.

I'll try to keep what I have to say as to-the-point and as potentially helpful as possible.

Firstly Elijah, and rightly you don't tel us much about yourself apart from the violin thing. I mean, are you or have you been musically active in other fields as well, or was the violin a one-off? Also, are you speaking strictly of the classical tradition or are you interested as well in jazz, rock, hip-hop etc.?

The reason for asking these things, and you don't have to actually publish the answers if you don't feel like it, keep cool and just think about it... the reason is, that how you view yourself and your upbringing probably almost certainly has a great bearing not about your general wish to play, but specifically about what inroad or inroads will most likely give you a sporting chance when it comes to picking up your instrument again.

For example, if you're in a city or groovey part of the country you may be able to find a folk club who are friendly and will let you listen in and play the fiddle on occasion. The advantages of this approach sound great, but then there's the problem that the folk players may seem cliquey and unapproachable to you, in which case you will end up stewing and trying not to ingratiate yourself. Yes it's difficult.

Bear in mind you're quote only eighteen unquote. This may sound trite to you, but you are really young and if you can find the right angle of approach you'll do really well.

There's a lot of snobbery in music and you may have been affected by it, to the point that you listen to styles of music that actually you don't like very much, whilst shunning for example, rock or military bands.... for reasons of political correctness for example, thereby missing out some of the most accessible and excellent live music of our day.

I don't mean to sound overbearing, but my response is heartfelt --- my parents did the same thing when I had violin. So did loads of other parents. Dreadful. I'm twice your age and then some.
Try not to be put off. Look for music in unexpected places. Smile more.

I hope to learn more about practical adaptations that a person may adopt in order to begin performing once again. Keywords, Alexander Technique / Music Therapy /Friendship :wave: