New Year, New MUSIC
by Jess
It’s the third week of January and we’ve all probably heard the phrase “New Year New Me” a fair few times by now. But at the Becky Dell Academy we’ve been thinking, what’s so good about making everything new? Why don’t we just revisit something, a hobby perhaps, that we have lost along the way?
Life becomes very focused on our daily activities. How many times have you heard the phrase:
“I used to <insert hobby here> but I just don’t have time anymore”?!
Well in 2017, we want to MAKE TIME!
What a crazy new year’s resolution that is.
But what we mean is, let’s take a small portion of our day and go back to a hobby that we sadly lost when life just got too hectic.
Obviously, our suggestion is MUSIC!
Whilst scrolling through twitter the other day, I came across an article from the BBC about adults picking up a musical instrument that they used to play when they were younger. And that was the inspiration for this blog:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140709-never-too-late-to-learn?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter
It may seem a ridiculously scary and daunting prospect sitting down at the piano or picking up your instrument after 20 years of dust has settled. But it’s ok! That’s exactly what the writer of this article talks us through.
I won’t lie and say the technical difficulties have gone when you start learning again as an adult, but a deeper appreciation for the instrument and heightened determination to achieve something means that, actually, adult players learn surprisingly well. Because you’re starting again out of your own choice, you motivate yourself to practice and push yourself to get to the next piece.
But in 2017, let’s bring back the music you left as a child purely for the JOY it brings! Music is such an emotive language, even if you find 10mins of your week to play, it can express the emotions you have been bottling up. A de-stress if you like!
And we all know that a de-stress once in a while is exactly what we need.
In the BBC article, British actor Samuel West says,
“As an adult you’re much more knowledgeable about your own moods, so it becomes much more possible to use music as a way to express yourself….If I have a little piece I can play, I can listen to myself better, I can express myself better. That’s entirely a function of being older, and that’s a joy.”
So, the New Year challenge from the Becky Dell Music Academy is to dust down the trumpet, open up the piano lid, and find the sheet music in the bookshelf and PLAY! We are always happy to teach adult students so if you fancy learning as well as your child, or you know a friend who would like to start up playing again, then please contact us.
Happy playing!