Just A Few Seconds

Musicians have always been with us. From cave dwellers knocking out a tune on a blade of grass, to Roman trumpeters at the Colosseum, to buglers marching into battle, to Led Zeppelin at Wembley Arena. But we only ever hear about famous musicians and their stories of decadence and overindulgence.

There is a common misconception that professional musicians spend half their time playing in seedy bars and the other half queuing up in soup kitchens, but for every famous musician there are 1000 wo...