Klarinet Archive - Posting 000261.txt from 2003/09

From: Deidre Calarco <DLeigh@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinetist/Musician
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:18:59 -0400

>
> You can be a good instrumentalist but a terrible musician. I'm not sure the
> other way around is very prevalent, though, as I think in order to be a good
> musician you have to be good at at least one instrument...

Actually, my boyfriend is a good musician (in some ways - he's not much of
an ensemble player) and a mediocre instrumentalist. He grew up in a small,
remote town, was mostly self-taught on the piano, and started composing
music on his own, based on inspiration and some reading. If he plays
something he can handle technically, he plays beautifully. He's studying
privately now (in his thirties) and trying to build up basic technical
proficiency I took for granted, having grown up in a big city with good
teachers.

-Deidre

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