am i too old for music lessons?

[writers_gon_write]

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hi guys...

i got something to share and ask at the same time... if i'm in the wrong forum category, please do let me know or just transfer this thread somewhere. anyway...

i'm already 25, turning 26 on august. i need to establish that fact first.

i've always loved music. i started dancing since i was 3 and started singing since 7. i also started playing Leaving on a Jetplane and its easy guitar chords when i was 11. i thought, hey! that's good enough. i may not be the best in all of them but to tell people i have these talents is already okay.

the problem with that mindset is that i just settled for less. when we were younger, my siblings and i always wanted to have music lessons - either VOICE or any instrument. but it's just very impractical since our parents cannot afford. i know there are other ways to learn (guitar, for example) but during our time, Google, YouTube, and the internet as a whole has not reached its peak yet.

anyway... here's my "problem" now. i've been trying to write songs lately since i also love to write especially poetry. i tried to pitch my song to people but you know... songwriting isn't just about the words... it's more of words + music. my frustration would then kick in because that's the part where i question my capabilities. can i really give a tune to these words? will my chord pattern work for this song?

i also watch musically-inclined TV shows like The Voice and Nashville and it somehow frustrates me more. i envy them especially those who are good with the guitar and piano. so i ask myself... how come they can do it? i know the answer and i know those answers won't apply to me. it's either 1) they're born with musical roots, and 2) their parents supported them and they took lessons. both of which i don't have.

i am but a dreamer... i want to at least write one song before i die... but i don't want just to write a song for that one reason. let's say i write one song and people will like it and would demand for more? not that i want to be a star or something... just what if. so i was thinking and this is my question that i badly need help with...

1) am i too old or is it too late for me to learn how to play instruments and even learn how to sing?

2) do you know a school or maybe an individual who can teach me really well but the rate is not that high?

it's OA to say this pero bitaw... sometimes my frustrations bring tears to my eyes kay kana ganing usahay ganahan kaayo ko mubuhat og usa ka butang but you're not able to do it because you just can't... frustrated na kung frustrated pero ana lang jud... i'm a frustrated singer-songwriter in the making jud. i know it's bad to say this pero usahay maka think ko i hope we were rich enough nga mapada mi for music lessons and have musical instruments sa balay... even karaoke ba ron. help istoryans. bisan advice and suggestions lang for question #1 . i'll feel better.

[starcatch]

dili edad ang basihan ts, if your heart and mind is much willing to learn walay impossible..

[towperuX]

age doesnt matter when it comes to music..its the desire, the dedication, the passion, and most important is the time..it takes a lot of patience to master music. hope this helps

[b1 huck]

Walay limit ang mag tuon sa music. Bisan ganahan kog music and naa koy banda kabalo ko daghan pakog wala nakat-onan sa music. Music is adventure.

[Passport]

I say, go for it... follow your heart
the gift is music is exactly that
a gift, and not everyone has it
use it wisely, develop the gift
you can do it, believe you can
age doesn't matter
in love as in music too..
just follow your heart
it will guide to where
your mind is afraid to go

[centerpiece]

i feel u TS. obsessed kaau ko on how to play piano wen i was young. akong aunt ra jd akong mentor until she was married to an australian guy. so mao wala jd tawn ko natiwas ug kat.on.. pero bisan pa ug dili ko kamao pero gapalit jd ko ug akong kaugalingon nga piano organ for me to toplok2x if wala koy lingaw bahalag dili magkadimao ang tono.. so tambag nko nimo dream big and work hard..

[jntio]

apil nalang ug vispop basin pa diay

[-]chong<3]

old for me is when you reach retirement age. heheh. dili pa taas ang lubi ts. sa imu second question, the better way to learn instruments, say a guitar, is to buy a chord book. every guitar player ni agi gyud ana..

[dongzkie]

go for it TS. basta kaya lang sa budget

[lstorya]

Unless limtanon na dyud kaau ka para sa imong edad, then I think its ok still to learn. As for a teacher, I know people but the problem is not here in Cebu. Take my ex for example, she teaches piano and plays violin, and shes actually studying to teach violin professionally, she told me she has to have a license or some sh*t, she already has one for piano. And mind you, shes in her early 30's, so its never too late.