I'm having trouble listening to music I like?

Question

ever since I gave up on pursuing a career as a musician. I'm pretty crushed about it. How do I get back into enjoying music?

Answer 1

you have walked away from your dream,...perhaps you should re-assess your choice & find a way to keep it alive. alot of working musicians have day jobs & play night gigs, others teach private lessons on top of playing. one of the finest jazz musicians i know is an insurance broker, the best studio bass trombonist in the los angeles area is a college professor, the list goes on,..........

personally-i feel you won' be right in your soul until you are follwing your calling whether it is rational or not!

for a true musician MUSIC=LIFE!

Answer 2

just take a break from it for a while. then just listen to your favorite music for fun, instead of always tying it to your career and work. that way you will enjoy it more

Answer 3

Stay away from it for a little while and maybe you'll get that urge to try again.....right now your problem is frustration.....In my early years of playing I had this my self.....and it does go away, just don't don't give up on it !!!!!!!!! When you started in music did you have a teacher ? I find that most of my students who tried to teach themselves went thorough this same ordeal !!!!!!!! Why not try a teacher for a little while ????

Answer 4

Start a new instrument maybe? I don't know what you did before, but say you did piano or something, start up violin, so you're doing something musical but it isn't connected with a career, and you can do it for fun.

And if you played rock music, go to a jazz concert, if you played classical, go to a grunge band gig :p Just start something completely new and you might not relate it to your job.

You can be a musician without having a job in it though :]