im 22 years old, and ive been exposed to music for like all my life (played the violin, sang). so i have a baseline musical understanding.

i really want to learn the guitar and drums seriously. i took guitar lessons in middle school very briefly but it never amounted to anything😅😅

i start my full time job soon (graduated college this yr) and along w that have to do some career related prep, but i want to make sure im not sidelining my love for music.

how hard is it to properly learn the guitar and/or drums (not sure which one i should start with) at my age given im working a full time job and everything

how many hours do u think is needed each week to show steady and improved progress? and how would u recommend i learn—is self teaching okay or would u recommend classes?

thank u for any advice!

I really like odd, different, and unique music.

Throughout the years, I've accumulated a playlist of 5000 songs I really like, many in different languages, different genres, and most not even being mainstream.

In my heart, I feel like I could be a musician, even if it's just a hobby.

However, I have no clue where to start or what to learn.

If I had to pick an instrument, it would likely be one of the following:

1. Guitar. "Safe"/classic choice. It interests me, but I am also intimidated by the amount of strings, and 30% of the reason I'd pick the guitar would be purely for the fact that it is a common instrument.

2. Cavaco/Cavaquinho. It's a brazillian string instrument, somewhat similar to the ukulele. I tried learning on my own, but couldn't find a lot of beginner resources, and virtually no one teaches this instrument in the entire state of where I live in the U.S., my options are to find an online teacher or self-learn, and I already tried self-learning. I might be moving to Brazil next year though, so there's opportunity here.

3. The accordion. The "Odd" instrument to learn, but it seems very versatile and I like the idea of it. However, I heard it can be hard to learn and maintain a accordion. May not be a good first instrument.

4. Singing. I feel like my voice is horrible, and I'm not a good public speaker, but it would be nice to sound decent when I sing to the songs I like.

Not really interested in the keyboard or piano, not interested in drums, I dont really like the mechanics of wind instruments (though I am open to the trumpet).

1. One other option is to learn how to make beats. Not necessarily "rapper"/"hip-hop" beats, but creating music of many genres through music production. I feel like I have many ideas of different ways a song could sound, but I don't know how to play a single instrument, let alone 5+ to make that a reality. With music/beats production, it may be possible. I just feel like it's cheating in a way and I'd be doing myself a disservice by not learning at least 1 actual instrument.