| Just How Important is Amateur Music in Your Life? |
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Take part in our fun quiz and discover how much amateur music making means to you. Are you a willing ‘slave to the rhythm’ where nothing else matters quite as much as your repertoire or is your hobby a handy back-up for making sure the good times continue to (rock ‘n’) roll?  Scenario # 1 After band rehearsals, the Brass Section invites you to join them in your local for a few scoops. Do you: A. Decline and return home to practice those tricky triplets. B. Agree to meet for a couple of drinks but excuse yourself before last orders with your dignity intact. C. Accept and allow yourself to be poured into a taxi following a nightclub and a curry. Scenario # 2 The night before a performance your best friend calls on the phone to announce they’ve split from their long time partner and need to meet you for moral support over a glass of wine. Do you: A. Fob them off promising to call back at the week-end after the concert. B. Spend an hour consoling them and arrange a night out for the day after the concert. C. Accept and allow yourself to be poured into a taxi following a nightclub and a curry. Scenario # 3 The ‘Champion’s League’ final (Liverpool v. Real Madrid) is the same night as your local Music Society recital. Do you: A. Set the DVD recorder and sacrifice the ‘live’ coverage. B. Attend the recital but excuse yourself early in time to catch the second half. C. Call the Society ‘Chair’ on you mobile from the stadium during half-time and chant ‘Que Sera Sera’. Scenario # 4 Your partner surprises you by organising a romantic trip to Paris. Unfortunately, it’s the same week as the local music festival. Do you: A. Cry off claiming to have lost your passport and keep ‘mum’ about the music festival. B. Carefully explain that although you are very touched by the gesture the timing is awful and you really have to reschedule. C. Pack a bag; open a bottle of Beaujolais and ‘parle Francais’ Scenario # 5 While travelling on the train you unintentionally pick up on a rather ‘racy’ conversation behind you. Do you: A. Crank up the ‘1812 Overture’ on your MP3 player and drown the conversation out. B. Listen to a gentle Mozart sonata on your i-Pod and try and listen out for the ‘juicy’ details. C. Contemplate making eye contact, joining in and possibly asking for a telephone number. Scenario # 6 You accidentally discover your Conductor canoodling with an impressionable second violinist back stage. Do you: A. Pretend in never happened and bury yourself in your art. B. Discreetly keep an eye open for any impropriety with a view to, if necessary, speaking directly to the parties concerned. C. Blab the sordid details to everyone else in the orchestra with some saucy ‘Carry On’ style embellishments for maximum entertainment. “He’s played her like a fiddle…etc, etc” If you answered mostly A’s You are the consummate ‘Professional’ amateur musician not allowing anyone or anything to come between you and your passion for making music. From practice to performance you are never less than 100% committed. You are one of the most dependable members of the orchestra and from a purely musical perspective you get results. Unfortunately, this comes at a price. The truth is you are very unpopular and fellow musicians gave up long ago trying to be your friend. Those who mostly answered C are scared of you. You don’t get out much and the smell of old cabbage isn’t helping. It is unlikely you can change your ways without long term counselling or possibly surgery. If you answered mostly B’s You love being an amateur musician and enjoy making music to the full but you also have time for the other important things in your life, family, friends and special occasions. You’ve got everything nicely balanced so that no one area in your lifestyle dramatically impacts another. For this reason you are very popular with everyone except those who mostly answered A or C who all hate you for being so together. If you answered mostly C’s You are a talented musician but you take your gift for granted other than to use it to maintain your wild social life. You have a reputation for burning your candle at both ends but the more insightful amongst us, (those that mostly answered B), recognise your inability to turn an invitation down as a sign of lack of confidence. Professional advice will almost certainly help and could save you a couple of weeks in the ultimate musician’s getaway- rehab’. March 2007 Painting: Orchestra by Charles Lee www.charlesleefineart.com |
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