One activity that I enjoy doing in my spare time is playing music. I play the guitar and have been playing for nine years. I started off wanting to play when I went to a store and found a very inexpensive little thirty dollar guitar. I picked it up and started playing around with it in the store. At this time I was eight years old. During this time of my life I wasn’t really involved in any activities and really wasn’t that social among friends and other people. So I decided that it was time to change so I thought playing the guitar would be a good start. My birthday was coming up in a couple of weeks so I decided to ask for one as a gift. On my ninth birthday I got that very same guitar I was playing with in the store. I was so happy when I got it, as if I knew that in the future it would be something I came to love. I started playing it and decided that I wanted to take some lessons to better my technique. Ever since then I have been taking lessons, reading music, and playing any song that comes to mind, that I would like to learn. One reason I enjoy this activity is because it sets my mind at ease. If I come home from work, or come back from a long day at school, or am just generally in a bad mood, I can sit down and play a song and it will totally set me at ease. Just popping in a CD and listening to it can do the same, but when I make the music, it is so much better. Another reason I like playing music is just for the shear fun and enjoyment I get out of it. This that are really exciting to me are learning a new song, learning a new scale, and the best is when you can write a song. Something else that I love about music is being able to play in front of other people. When I invite some people over and they all sit a round and listen to me play, that is enjoyable for me. Which brings me to another reason, this reason is because I love to show off any talents I may have, and I have to say that music is...
