Music within a book

Cover image of Making music I would love to be a musician. Not even a professional musician, just someone who can casually pick up an instrument and effortlessly create songs that make others want to stop and listen. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who would be offered money NOT to sing. My perfectionist tendencies paired with my lack of patience have prevented me from learning how to play the guitar (or any other musical instrument for that matter) because, well, if I'm not good at something instantly, I just give up. Forget all this "you'll get better with practice" rubbish. I want to be a musical genius NOW.

If you want to read about other New Zealanders with the music bug, here's some New Zealand fiction featuring musicians

Book cover of Ready to FlyOr if you prefer to draw inspiration from real life:

And for those of you who do possess both talent and dedication, the library has a bunch of "teach yourself" resources, opens a new window for aspiring musicians.

I can still live vicariously through other New Zealand musicians, though. I can watch, opens a new window them, listen, opens a new window to them, and read, opens a new window about them. Heck, if I really like them, I might even follow them...on Twitter.