Tommy Collison

Nah, this isn’t one of those silly Facebook quizzes, this is me pondering what my favourite one is.

It probably depends on my humour. Sometimes I’m feeling quiet (TrustTommy? Quiet? I must be dreaming!) so I might settle for something like Yo Yo Ma or the Vitamin String Quartet doing covers of famous rock song. (Their one of Clocks, by Coldplay is rather good)

But more often than not, I’d prefer something louder. Something with kickass drums and some fast-plucking electric guitars.

Because of that, I can never decide what my favourite instrument is when people ask me. Cellos sound lovely, but drums make me feel happy inside. Flutes make sweet music but electric guitars, well, rock!

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Am I a big fan of classical music?

Very select classical music. Ones that are just one instrument are okay, but I wouldn’t listen to it for a whole car journey up to Dublin because I’d get bored. Multiple instruments are okay too.

I think I like pretty much all classical music so long as it’s short. I don’t generally have a short attention span, even when it comes to music (I once listened to the same rock song on repeat for 6 hours. Overkill much?) but I still can’t stand one of those 8 minute pieces. Is a 4 minute song played *counts on fingers* 90 times any better than an 8 minute piece? Probably not, but the rock song was my favourite song ever. Like, ever ever ever

For that week, at least.

So, what’s your favourite musical instrument?