Thursday, February 23, 2012

Music Classes For Adults

By Alexander Smith


Growing older doesn't stop a person's love for music. Our duties in life may prevent us from doing other things, but we still yearn to lose ourselves in music once in a while. Not all of us have an immediate need to learn music at our age today, but pursuing the thing that we passion can bring us a sense of fulfillment.

Perhaps we don't have to belt out high tunes during the office karaoke party or we don't play drums on stage in front of thousands of audiences, but there are fine reasons why we should take music lessons as adults. In fact, we must do it for our own good and maybe just as much as kids need to take classes. If anything, it is for the good of our mental health.

As adults, we are likely to become more forgetful as we grow older. We need constant brain exercises to improve our memory. Fortunately, taking music classes helps us in that area. Studying music is like an exercise for our mind to boost our memorization skill. It also helps us with focus. It makes our mind active without straining it too much, therefore improving our concentration as well. Instead of straining it, music lets us concentrate better and keeps us relax.

Also, doing something we passion uplifts our disposition. Even if we have a lot to do at work or at home, alloting time for a beloved pursuit seems to lighten our workload and get rid of our stress, therefore improving our mood. It in fact doesn't matter what that beloved activity is. It could be making art like painting or sketching, gardening, cooking, or playing an instrument. What matters is that we are doing something we love. And if music is what we love doing, then it would boost our mood and uplift our spirit to take lessons.

The problem with grown-ups is we have a lot of responsibilities to do and not so much free time. Work mainly takes up our daily life. There are times when taking a few moments for ourselves is nearly impossible. And taking music classes and allotting time for everyday practice will take a chunk of our time. The lone solution in this situation is to rearrange our schedule. We simply must create time to pursue our love for music. There's no better time than now to begin. It may come as a shock, but making time to do something we passion can in fact lighten our schedule.




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