What's on Your Musical Bucket List?

By: Becki on 9:00 AM

I had a little bit of a laugh this evening as I was setting up my Pinterest account, because I created a board called "Musical Bucket List." This was my response to finding a "bucket list" meme graphic about learning to play a musical instrument.'

Bucket lists aren't normally my style, but a few moments of reflection revealed that I've always had a musical bucket list of sorts. And yes, it began with wanting to learn to play an instrument.

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I've come a long way since then. I learned to play piano (self taught) when I was a little girl and tinkered with the flute. Even now I love the flute but it's a love/hate relationship: I love it and it hates me. Now my best girlfriend plays my flute and I play her ocarina. Funny how things sometimes work out, isn't it?

My musical bucket list is changing, and I'm astonished by how much I've accomplished in such a short period of time. From someone who thought music had no place in my life three years ago to someone who can confidently play the ocarina in front of other people, I've grown by leaps and bounds. 

And so, it would seem, has my bucket list.

// Instruments I Want to Learn (to Play)

• Violin
• Cello
• Guitar
• Flute
• Saxophone
• Clarinet
• Ocarina

// Musical Milestones I Want to Reach

• Play ocarina with other instruments
• Learn to sing and play at the same time
• Audition in a musical competition

// Musical Hardware I Want to Own

• Upright piano
• All the guitars
• All the ocarinas
• Cello

// A Work in Progress

This list, as so many other things, is a work in progress. 

I've been actively practicing music every day for about five months (not including my hospitalization and recovery time). I'm learning more about myself and what I want to accomplish every day. I'll be adding to this list as more ideas come to mind.

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The question is, what's on YOUR musical bucket list? I'd love to hear from you, so comment with your favorite things you'd like to do before you die -- musically speaking. Do you want to learn to play guitar? Have a musician you'd like to meet? Whatever your goals, nothing's too big! I'd love to hear from you, so chime in!