ALWAYS dreamed of being a maestro on the piano or the next guitar god? Well now is the perfect time to face the music.

The Daily Echo has begun counting down to the final date in the Mayan calendar, December 21 – a moment that many believers say will signal the end of the world. And with exactly four weeks to go until that fateful day arrives, this is your last chance to pick up your instrument of choice and create the soundtrack to the rest of your life.

That is because musicians believe it takes 28 days of hard graft and practice to pick up the basics of an instrument and learn to play to a decent standard. So, whether you have always fancied yourself as the next Ringo Starr, a budding Brian May or a dead ringer for Ray Charles, now is the time to prove it. If you are not the musical type, but still fancy getting creative, why not transform your home into a domino trail?

With 28 pieces in every domino set, today is the day to start lining them up around the house, before knocking them down to leave behind your own miniature trail of destruction on doomsday.