Few experiences are more gratifying then the moment when the song soars off the page and sticks firmly in my ear.

I’m a thirty-some year old beginner musician (playing for a little over a year). I wish I started playing much sooner, but I’m glad that I’m learning to play now. I’ve often heard that learning to play music is good for your brain. To me, this has become a self-evident truth. I swear that I can feel physical changes in my brain happening in real time. The best way I can describe it is the uncanny feeling of connecting cables—the snap as the connectors lock together—inside my head.