Getting Old and Work - 4
Continuing our discussion of getting old and work, we come to composing. Remember what we're considering here: Those who have finished (retired from?) their regular paying jobs and returning to what we labeled a "first love." Last time that first love was writing. This time, it will be composing. To be sure, let's acknowledge that such post-paying-job work doesn't have to be a return to a first love. Some pick up writing, composing, other endeavors after exiting the work-for-pay world. Some create a kind of "job" doing charitable works - throwing themselves into activities pursued for one or more charitable organizations - not just dabbling, but putting in a full schedule of actual work. But here we focus on this next "first love" of composing music . And it's one close to my heart. Music was my first choice for my life's work when I graduated from college. I had performed in bands through my high school. I continued to play my instrume...