I thought I would share a sad story my mother told me last night after I told her I was learning the guitar.
She told me she could read music and play the piano from the age of 4 before she could even read English ! She went to an exclusive girls Catholic school here in Sydney where she was learning classical music where she eventually was thrown out of the music class for playing "devils" music ... The Andrews Sisters ! Evidently the little sisters of no mercy believed modern music was just a fad and was banned but my mother was headstrong and rebelled.
The upshot was she has never played a note on an instrument since 1955 nor attended a church outside weddings and funerals since.
cheers
Paul
