I dabble in music. Long time ago for a couple of years I studied arrangement and composition as something interesting to do outside my day job. Included some st

I dabble in music. Long time ago for a couple of years I studied arrangement and composition as something interesting to do outside my day job. Included some study on conducting. I did a few arrangements for big band orchestras and it is quite a buzz to listen to musicians play sheet music you just handed them live without any rehearsal. Yet the idea of conducting is completely intimidating. I practised a bit but was never good enough and was relieved I never had to do it for real when my teacher would step in conduct instead. I found it to be a strange beast; quite the opposite of arranging which is very mathematical and precise. If I ever decide to get back into that side of music I'll have to make a point on working on that skill.