The ordinary needs to balance the divine

There are three categories of people as regards music:
1) Ones who practice and perform it for a living
2) Ones who listen to it and may practice or even may perform it, but mainly for enjoyment
3) Ones who do not like music

The majority of the world falls into the second category. And I think it's better that way.

We see the ones performing music are in deep joy when performing. Of course they might be trying their best to get into the mood of the song so that it comes out well.
And yes they must also be feeling that joy when practicing it, but to get to that stage must be requiring a lot of rigour also.
Still, I feel somehow it causes a side effect. For if you see their lives, of those who live by music alone (or any art form for that matter), their lives end up being quite complex.

The reason in my view is that they get addicted to the high. They expect the same enjoyment in every other aspect of life. Which is not really meant to be so!
And not knowing this, they take steps which are rash, immoral, unhealthy, and eventually at times takes a toll on their practice itself. It sometimes shows in the performance and they fall in self esteem.

The ordinary always has to be balance the divine. Else by the very nature of life is that it tries to balance it with the worst, and the net effect is worse.