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Re: Ever been defeated by a piece?

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-12-03 20:52

Keil, what you say is lovely, but in reality, at least in the world of classical music, those lucky musicians who are afforded the opportunity to make the sublime musical statements of which you speak are those who have practiced their behinds off for years and performed FLAWLESSLY for numerous auditions to obtain their orchestra chairs. You're right that if they make a mistake or two occasionally while performing it's not necessarily the end of the world --- but how do you think they got there in the first place? Now you and I (forgive me for making an assumption, that you're not a clarinetist in a major professional musical organization) can practice or not, as we see fit, and make all the flubs we like, and nobody will care -- that's true --- because nobody is listening to us anyway. Sorry, but for the most part the notion of 'just play with heart and soul, and the people will enjoy it' is a bit too simplistic and is really just wishful thinking in today's world of mass media and a far greater number of competent musicians than there are competent listeners to hear them. You wanna play for people (your cat and dog and next-door neighbors don't count), ya gotta practice like crazy!

I guess Johh Gibson was right --- I am getting crotchety.........

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