I expect this has done before but after writing my post on the 'My pet musical peeve' thread I felt a bit depressed about it all so thought we could do with something to balance it out.

So what do you love and playing music? Not so much the magical moments but the ordinary everyday things that keep you going.

Personally it is the gradual feeling of progress that keeps me going. Although there's been times when I thought I'd come to a ceiling on what I could achieve, occasionally I feel like I might be on the way to breaking through again.

Some years ago I could barely pick the thing up in front of people without going to pieces but I play gigs regularly now and have got past that problem.

Also I love the feeling of being able to contribute to group music making especially when I really like and respect the playing of the other people in the group.

pf