I've always held a fascination for musical instruments, the saxophone in particular. Lately I have found myself looking for a distraction not related to technology and learning to play an instrument ...

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When learning to play alto saxophone as a concert band musician, I was taught mistakes should be minimized on stage and anything less than a perfect performance is considered a failure. I was always ...