🎻 I’ve been working on something in secret for months…

And it’s specifically for anyone who’s ever thought:

🎻 “I’d love to learn violin, but I’m too old now.”
🎻 “I don’t have hours every day to practice.”
🎻 “I tried once and sounded so awful I quit.”

I wrote an article for a writing contest about playing the violin as an adult. That got me thinking, why don’t I expand that idea into a short book? Regardless of the outcome of the contest, it’s been turning over and over in my mind as something I wanted to consider.

I’ve played violin since the 6th grade. I haven’t played it much over the last 5-10 years, but I’ll never forget how to do it.

I love music, and I want to give hope to those who feel they can’t learn how to play a complex instrument at whatever stage in life they’re docked at.

What I’m looking to do with this book is encourage people who love music and want to turn it into a hobby or a passion project of their own. I could have just done music in general, but I feel like everyone who decides to write about music does it. I have experience as a violinist, tried my hand at being a music major in college, and still tear up when I hear a beautiful violin solo.

It was also fun watching AI try to create a photo for this post that wasn’t so, so obviously AI-generated. Violins should not look a certain way, even if created by AI.