Music + Writing = Passion

My writing has begun to feel like a chore so, it was suggested to me that I find something else to do in my free time to get my mind off of writing and then come back to it when I'm ready.. then I realized there are plenty of things I could be doing, and that I should never be bored. I have a clarinet and I'm not so good at playing it, so why not learn more at it...and I have a sewing machine so I could get back into sewing things. My brother also has keyboards...so why should I not get back into playing the piano? So I'm going to start with music... Re-learn how to play the clarinet, and practice the piano at the same time. A friend of mine told me to learn how to play by ear first, because I was starting with learning music notes, for my clarinet. It's really hard to play a clarinet if you don't know music notes, because the only songs I know are in my books, and I want to just be able to open up the book to a page and play a song... But the playing it by ear thing seemed like a good idea so I'm going to do that, thanks to my friend for that. Also thanks to him for finding that expert village thing for me and that fingering chart. So right now I'm playing by ear, and learning how to play ode to joy on the keyboard... then I'm going to try it out on my clarinet =D hopefully i can get back some inspiration to write some more... When I feel comfortable with my music I'm going to get back into sewing... who says I only have to have one hobby?