Hi Rock chick - sometimes it can seem like there are loads of blocks in the way. I certainly don't think you are too old at 35 to start! OK - maybe you won't get the adoration of the idol winner, but would you really want that. Paps hanging around outside your house desperate to get a grotty shot of you!
I have a friend who loves music and at 46 is just getting started. A couple of years ago he renegotiated he work hours so that he gets Fridays off and he devotes that 1 day a week entirely to music (he is father of 3 so his other evenings and weekend are taken up with family). He is now in a covers band and is in the process of forming another one. He has got himself a regular slot at a night club on a Friday night where he plays live sax along to house music being played by a DJ. Yes he is 46 and the average age of the club is probably around 25, doesn't seem to bother him. I don't know what his long term ambitions are, but he seems really happy sharing his music with the people around him.
If music / being in a band is your purpose, then you don't have to hit it big to be happy. You see all the road blocks in front of you, it's up to you to work through them to get what you want.
Hi Silent Lucidity. I don't get what the problem is. It seems you have found your purpose: something along the lines of mixing art and sound to bring enjoyment to others.
How are you going to share your unique gifts with the world? When are we going to see your art?
I don't believe that you have to go back to school, look at Erin's journey. She thought she was going to have to take some angel / psychic courses, but found that her talent grew the more she just gave readings.
I personally don't believe you have to cry when you find your life purpose - you find it when whatever you are doing brings you joy. The state you find yourself in when you are flipping sound into composition and back suggests that you are bang on target.
