Musical Stress Reliever

Music has been used for thousands of years as a means of expression and the influence that music often has on those who come in contact with it can be significant. Listening to prerecorded music can be useful in helping to reduce stress levels but nothing beats being able to sit down with an instrument to create your own music. One of my biggest passions is the art of performing music. I began piano lessons when I was four years old, and continued taking lessons until I graduated from high school. I am most decidedly not the greatest musician, but I have found that there are few things more enjoyable than just sitting down with an instrument and giving it everything.

            Over the years I have dabbled in a few other instruments including flute, acoustic guitar, and bass guitar. I say from experience that just because a person is physically able to play an instrument, does not mean that they were meant to play it. During the few years that I took acoustic and electric guitar lessons, I never enjoyed it and because of this I had doubts when I was asked to learn bass guitar in order to play in the worship band at my church. Despite my doubts, I learned how to play bass and discovered that I loved it. The ability to play music on an instrument is important to me because I found that it is one of the most effective ways to release stress. There are countless days that I come home from a particularly stressful class, and sitting at the piano reduces the stress.

My Piano