Which instrument should you play? | Think Like A Musician

I couldn't possibly recognize that it was going to be as important a moment as it’s become.

But I knew that nothing else along my life’s journey had affected me in that way.

And that was it— I heard the lap steel guitar and there was no turning back.

Hey, you! Yes, you. What’s that light inside of you? Is it a dream? A beat?

A beautiful sound? A heartbreaking song?

Whatever it is, we’re here with working musicians to help you grow and share that gift with this wild and wonderful world.

The guitar. First of all, it's something that you can carry around with you.

I really, really love that about it, because I had a lot of feelings about not belonging and trying to find my place in the world.

So having the guitar as this very travelable companion made a lot of sense to me.

It accompanies the voice so well. So for me it was about the songwriting.

It was about the singing and the guitar was just the vehicle to do that.

So, I don’t think the clarinet would have worked for me.

I started on, when everybody starts their instrument in the 5th grade, I played the clarinet.

I loved playing music with other people, played the flute for a little while, and then eventually moved on to the alto saxophone.

I think I just wanted to try them all. But finally I wanted to be in a symphony orchestra.