Gillian O'Shea

How I Monetised My Passion For Music

HOW I MONETISED MY PASSION FOR MUSIC So, where do I start, or should I say when did my passion for playing music begin. It was certainly not through my enforced piano lessons as a child – an extra curriculum activity that I did not enjoy and in which I did not progress any further than a grade 3. As for the school recorder lessons, well, I suppose they were somewhat more bearable than mathematics classes. At fourteen I thought I might try some guitar lessons, and even to this day, much as I love Bob Dylan, I still absolutely hate 'Mr Tambourine Man' and 'Blowing in the Wind'. At sixteen I decided that my zeal was definitely directed towards art rather than music and as I fancied myself as pretty good at drawing and painting, I spent two years studying Graphic design at a college where my passion for that rapidly dwindled.