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Music Helps Me

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Jun 30, 2023 | Replies (392)

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@georgette12

I want to post a thought re music in our lives. I get triggered to my past with most music so I try not to listen to it. But I have a story about my jazz fanatic music lover husband. As you may already know, he is now disabled with lung and heart issues. He's never played an instrument in his life. The short version of this is that he just bought a used saxophone. It will arrive next week. He is gonna watch you tube videos to learn how to play it. He is 64! With asthma. He is doing this for his depression and anxiety related to disability and he has no hobbies other than listening to music he certainly can't play. Since doing this, his entire mental state is changing . He's home all day and now he can be home with his saxophone and he can use his OCD issues in a good way. I wanted to share his story in case this idea might catch a music lover who wishes they could play. And there's no age limit.

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@georgette12 How true. There are no age limits.

@georgette12

I used to teach piano, and I had several people who were 70+. They were fun to teach, and to listen to. They had great stories. That's one reason I volunteered for Hospice. One student did vaudeville with her family. Another one was the daughter of the founder of the Mentholatom company. He sent his brother to check out a product that another company started to market, with the possible intention of buying them out. He returned later and told his brother that the product would never be any competition. Boy, was he wrong! The product was Vicks.

I found that senior students were much more motivated and interested than the kids whose parents made them take lessons.

Jim