are there any musicians on this board?
depending what you mean by "musician", sure. i play guitar (i have acoustics and electrics), some keys (nothing too fancy, mostly as an input tool for electronic music), i've played some bass, and i used to play a weird ukrainian harp called a bandura (haven't broken it out in years, tho).
preferably someone around my age (old)
again, depends what you call "old"... i'm certainly not young.
who is still learning or been playing less than a year?
sorry, can't help you there. took various lessons in my pre-teens, taught myself guitar in my teens, started mucking about with keyboards & MIDI gear about 12 years ago.
Having no family or responsibilities that normal adults have I'm able to put some time into it.
that's a biggie. the amount of time i've spent playing music has cratered since the kiddos were born. they're now at an age where they like listening to me play... for about 30 seconds.
(I am still learning though...)
amen.