Why do I do it? It brings me joy of sorts: the time between the conception and the result is relatively short, and the result is relatively enjoyable. Besides, it’s totally different from my professional activities and this gives me somewhat unusual sense of accomplishment: whatever I do for a living has to be good, otherwise people will not pay for it and I’ll go starving. With music I do not have such a strong stimulus, but it turns out OK regardless. Are you still reading this? Here are more reasons:

• It’s easy.
• It amuses my friends.
• My kids admire my tunes, especially more danceable ones.
• My family does not have to think about birthday, or anniversary, or Christmas presents - I have an inexhaustible wish list of music making software (perpetually upgradeable) and hardware.