Klarinet Archive - Posting 000848.txt from 1999/01

From: Christian Budde <emv080@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Non-professionals
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 07:38:17 -0500

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Neil Leupold wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Christian Budde wrote:
> > Only playing, practising without ever showing the work to the public
> > (even if this is only your family) will take the fun out of music.
>
> I disagree with this statement.
---Snip---

> I discovered, over the course of my musical growth, that the process
> of practicing and witnessing my own technical and musical
> development was a unique and isolated form of personal fulfillment
> all by itself,

---Snip---

Neil,

I did not want to make an absolute statement. I should have written
'for me', as I made exactly the experience that without the
possibility of performance, I lost interest in practising for many
years. This does not mean that I only practise for the performance.
Practising is for example a way to relax at the end of a day
full of work. On the other hand, I cannot _only_ practise without
performance. This does not mean that everybody has to feel the same
way, of course.

Greetings,
Christian

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