My first instrument was the clarinet.  I started playing when I was 12 years old.  I played in high school marching band, pep band and in all 4 high school musicals.  I loved playing in the musicals because the orchestra got to be down in the pit and I don't like being on stage if I don't have to.  In marching band we had a lot of after school practices in the summer outside.  There was also the memorization of the music, the places you had to be on the field, your posture and you had to be constantly aware of where everyone else was at.  Plus you had to keep your feet in time and march on your toes when you marched backwards and when you marched forwards you marched on your heels.  Almost all of that you had to do at the same time.  I guess you can say it kept my mind working.  I also played the flute, bass clarinet, oboe, saxophone and some piano.  I sang in the high school concert choir my senior year.  In college I majored in music with the clarinet as my main instrument.  I dropped out after one semester.  I continued my studies at a different school with a music minor and education major but never finished.
I sometimes play the guitar and sing for bluegrass bands but I do not have my own band.  This is me singing with Vicki N Crew at the woodfire grill in Plainfield, Indiana.  I started playing the guitar in 2004.  I took 2 guitar classes at IUPUI and have been teaching myself since.  I played with friends and family also.  I rarely play the guitar and sing with bluegrass groups today because I haven't had any opportunities to do so.  I play my guitar and sing for my child.  He loves it!