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Old 05-17-2009, 08:56 PM   #257 (permalink)
Seltzer
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Originally Posted by Comus View Post
At the end of the day, anyone can practice and practice and practice and be able to play anything they get the tabs for or whatever. But it takes true talent to write something good.
That's basically my philosophy.

I've come to realise I'll never have enough time to become really good at any instrument, especially when you consider that it can gobble up as much time as you can put into it. But I think I can still write music to satisfy myself.


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Originally Posted by Mirrorball95 View Post
Thats right, so initially you have to possess the talent to be able to play the instrument & compose music properly in the first place; and thats before we get to what kind of music it is, what its about, whether people say its **** or not. Just shows you how hard some musicians must work only to be put down at the end (some deservedly so though..).
You don't need to play an instrument to compose.
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