Am I losing interest?
I'm a huge dreamer to be a musician. I have an undying passion for piano. I'm hearing impaired and my family never seemed to care about how tough it is gonna be. Usually they walk away. None of them appreciates music as much as I do.

Due to so many things happening (unsatisfying piano exam result, insults) to me nowadays I do not feel like playing the piano anymore. It is hurting me a lot. So, right now I'm just taking a break. Even when I try playing it, I don't feel the song as much as I used to. I want pursue in a music career. I still love music as much. But why am I still feeling this way?

Am I losing interest or I should just take a short break? Will the feeling eventually come back again?

Why not try playing something on the piano completely different - something that you will find fun to do. Try and stay positive. It was a little different with me, I lost my sister 4 months ago and I found that when I played the piano I appeared to be losing interest, it no longer seemed to hold that love I felt when being on the piano - itching to get on there when I wasn't on it. What I did was move on to some completely new material and Ireally feel that love of piano has now returned.

Good luck and stay with it.

ET

Don't worry about it, Yisian. I think most people - not everybody, but I know that I am certainly one of them - goes through a period of disinterest. It happened to both me and my sister, and I'm pretty positive that my brothers will go through it too!

Don't stop playing completely, have a little play every now and then, but I think that a little break is a good idea. Not for too long though, or you might lose interest completely! I hope you manage to flare up that passion for playing again!

Do You have a teacher ?

Your family may not appreciate how important music is to you, but if you could talk it through with a sympathetic teacher it may help.

Hang in there, music is such a BIG universe, There IS a part of it out there for you

??? These statements cannot both be true.

More helpfully. The answer to your dilemma is that, through the force of self discipline, you continue to practice, even though you don't - for the time being - feel like it.

Yes , unfortunately just a 'dream' or passion to be a musician is not enough.

To succeed takes many thousands of hours working on practicing your skills and then, usually, a big slice of luck (getting a break, being in the right place at the right time etc) on top of that.

In addition you have your hearing impairment to deal with - I admire your courage but that will make things harder still for you.

I meet a number of young people who 'dream' of becoming famous singers - I personally believe all the 'reality TV' programmes of XX Idol / Popstars etc are to blame. These kids think it is all just going to happen - when I talk about the importance of learning to read music, maybe play an instrument and most certainly take lessons they look puzzled! They think a random producer is going to walk past, hear them singing and make them a star!

Every musician I've ever met whose made a successful career of it has dreamt less and practised more. In any road of life there are set-backs and ultimately those who can pick themselves up, learn from them and keep on aiming towards their goal are the ones who succeed.

Theres a famous quote by a well known golfer who replied to an interviewer who said " aren't you lucky to be so good at golf" by saying " Yes, and the funny thing is the more I practise the luckier I get"

I wish you well - if you want it enough you will know what you must do to attain your dream

Musicman's Mum