Music can save you from a mid-life crisis

17-07-2008 16:16

A mid-life crisis is a funny thing….some men buy the motorbike they've always dreamed of, while others grow ill-advised facial hair and regress to denim jackets and faded T-shirts.

However, this wasn’t the course of action for Alan Sinnett, Mike Wilkie and Matthew Corbett who decided to do something positive with their 'rocking' hobby and, in the process, have raised £10,000 for children's charities.

The three ordinary middle-aged guys work as a Lawyer and in advertising respectively, during the day, but like nothing better than to unwind with a good 'jam' after work on a Wednesday evening.

All three of the band have wives and children at home which dictates that they only have 3 hours a week to spend on their hobby and this explains why it's taken them a year to put together their album, '267d Cranmore Boulevard', named after the studio in which they recorded it.

However realising that sold-out stadium tours, groupies and rock and roll debauchery were probably no longer an advisable career option and knowing they didn't really need the royalty money they decided to instead use their musical output as a fundraiser - and every penny from the album they've just produced will be going to children's charities across the UK.

This is an inspirational story and perhaps it will inspire some men out there to spend less time on the sofa watching the football or polishing their mid-life crisis-inspired sports cars and more time turning their pass-times into something that benefits people who desperately need it.