Musicians Are Real People With Hobbies
Hobbies As I am sure you can imagine whatever your passion is you need to get away from it and do something entirely different from time to time.
This is where having a hobby or several comes in so very handy.
Imagine how dreary life would be if we all had to do only the one thing over and over.
At times it seems like that is what life is made up of - doing the same things over and over.
But, one can develop a subordinate passion and call it a hobby.
Bridge Obviously the list of possible hobbies is practically endless, but there are certain ones which I, as a musician, have found particularly wonderful.
My first passion outside music is the game of bridge.
I find that it is a terrific thing to do something that involves people who are not necessarily musicians.
It is so easy to have friends almost exclusively from the people you work with or with whom you share your number one passion.
When playing bridge most of us addicts talk about nothing but bridge.
I will tell you a personal story that demonstrates this kind of kink that bridge players seem to share.
I formed a bridge partnership with a guy named Martin.
We were quite successful and really enjoyed playing together.
As I was going off to yet another tournament to play with Martin my wife asked me what his last name was.
I had to confess that I had no idea.
She then asked what his profession was.
I again had to admit that I didn't know.
She seemed amazed that I could spend so much time with anyone, even travelling to other cities for tournaments, and not know these basic facts about him.
I tried my best to explain that all we talked about was bridge and what we had to do to improve our partnership.
Eventually Martin came to dinner and my wife was able to find these answers for herself.
Hobbies That A Musician Can Enjoy Just a few of the other things that can be of great pleasure as hobbies (some even an become addictions) are:
Conclusion Just because musicians are somehow different from anyone else doesn't mean they can't possess a few real human traits.
This is where having a hobby or several comes in so very handy.
Imagine how dreary life would be if we all had to do only the one thing over and over.
At times it seems like that is what life is made up of - doing the same things over and over.
But, one can develop a subordinate passion and call it a hobby.
Bridge Obviously the list of possible hobbies is practically endless, but there are certain ones which I, as a musician, have found particularly wonderful.
My first passion outside music is the game of bridge.
I find that it is a terrific thing to do something that involves people who are not necessarily musicians.
It is so easy to have friends almost exclusively from the people you work with or with whom you share your number one passion.
When playing bridge most of us addicts talk about nothing but bridge.
I will tell you a personal story that demonstrates this kind of kink that bridge players seem to share.
I formed a bridge partnership with a guy named Martin.
We were quite successful and really enjoyed playing together.
As I was going off to yet another tournament to play with Martin my wife asked me what his last name was.
I had to confess that I had no idea.
She then asked what his profession was.
I again had to admit that I didn't know.
She seemed amazed that I could spend so much time with anyone, even travelling to other cities for tournaments, and not know these basic facts about him.
I tried my best to explain that all we talked about was bridge and what we had to do to improve our partnership.
Eventually Martin came to dinner and my wife was able to find these answers for herself.
Hobbies That A Musician Can Enjoy Just a few of the other things that can be of great pleasure as hobbies (some even an become addictions) are:
- Golf;
- Reading;
- Pets, including such things as dog shows etc;
- Plays;
- Concerts;
- Driving; and
- Skiing.
Conclusion Just because musicians are somehow different from anyone else doesn't mean they can't possess a few real human traits.