Why being a musician is bad for your health.

I love songwriting, it's one of my best pasttimes. In free weekends i like to contribute to an overall story arc that runs through my lyrics, or write background music to everything. But by god can it be frustrating. Whether you hit a brick wall halfway through a song, or have an awesome song with just a missplaced lyric. An awesome guitar idea you just can't get right, or inspiration at just the wrong time to do anything about it. Number of days i've been going to sleep at 1 and getting up at 6:30 next day for work exhausted cos i was up writing are too numerous to count, and not to mention how many songs i've deleted after a month cos what once sounded good now sounds godawful. I'm sure since starting playing the drums and writing lyrics my blood pressure has gone up, not to mention running a band

Though on the flip side, being in a band is very good for pulling, so i suppose there is a solution to all the stress ;)

On a related note, i'd love to write a fic based around a set of songs. One day...