The impact playing a musical instrument can have on your life is huge. It can help you develop many life skills, not the least of which is to help you become a better listener. Listening is a skill and many people could definitely practice it more. The great thing about playing music is that it helps you practice listening (in fact, it requires you to be good at it) which will help you become a better listener in all interactions in your life.
Another skill participating in music helps you learn is how to be a team player. You have to let everyone have their moment in order to bring a great piece of music to life (regardless the genre or style). Everyone has to work together and egos must be left out of the equation. Even the lead guitarist playing the blazing solos has to work with the other musicians or his playing has no context.
Being able to be truly committed to something is a skill that many never master. In the age where procrastination and laziness rule, musicians can be some of the most motivated and driven people. The reason being that hearing and seeing the fruits of their labour involves a ton of practice and commitment up front. The effort pays off in the sense of personal fulfillment the musician gets when they successful express themselves through their playing and make the music come alive. If the player is committed enough to get to the point where they can see this happen, they will be able to take this feeling with them throughout the rest of their life. It can contribute to their commitment in other things because they have seen what the fruits of such commitment can be.
Playing an instrument involves intense focus. You have to be able to focus solely on your instrument and the music because there is so much to do. This kind of focus is useful for every other avenue in your life as well. Trying to do too many things (like use so many different gadgets) at once has taken over most of our lives. So much so that we can’t devote enough energy to any one thing to make it worthwhile. Music can help take us back to our simple roots where we can devote all our focus to one thing and make it great.
Music can help provide an outlet for our creativity. Many people are stuck doing what the have to do for so much time that they are too tired to pursue any creative outlet. As a result, they feel unfulfilled and bored and their lives lack meaning. Playing music can be a solution for this because even a few minutes of full concentration on their playing can give them lots of personal fulfillment and thus optimism in their life.
Playing music requires terrific determination to get good. If you are determined you will see results and this can provide positive reinforcement that when you work at something with determination, you can reach your goals. The feeling of achieving your goals is something that you never forget and playing music is a great way to get a taste of setting goals and achieving them.
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