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Is the musical gene strong in your family? Were you beating on pots and pans before you could hold a spoon? Then your muscial talent probably happened for a good reason! If any of these reflect your childhood, you should stick with music for sure.
1. You started young...
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Which likely either delighted or horrified your parents.
2. ...and loved to entertain
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Some might have even called you an attention hog.
3. You couldn't stop listening
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Everything sounds better when you still have perfect, undamaged hearing!
4. You couldn't help but emulate your idols
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The best way to learn is through copying, right?
5. You showed great promise...
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Though "prodigy" might have been a generous term...
6. ...and took every performance opportunity available
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Which likely included a lot of showing off in your living room for your parents' friends.
7. You couldn't take your hands off your instrument
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Even when it wasn't very practical to have around.
8. You couldn't connect with other activities
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Even ones that "normal" kids would spend hours doing.
9. But most of all, you couldn't have imagined being happy doing anything else!
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Imagine if Paul McCartney had decided he had a hankering for engineering!
Next up: 9 Reasons Why Being a Musician is the Best Job in the World
Dylan Welsh is a freelance musician and music journalist, based in Seattle, WA. He currently plays in multiple Seattle bands, interns at Mirror Sound Studio, and writes for the Sonicbids blog. Visit his website for more information.
