Exactly my sentiments.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Durbrow" <[email protected]>
To: "Stuart Walsh" <[email protected]>; "LuteNet list"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:23 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Another Isbin tune
On Nov 29, 2010, at 4:52 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
how long she took to write her poems. Generally, she said, a few days
and after that point she couldn't really get them any better.
David summed up the pro/amateur thing well. Speaking for myself, about
your question: emphatically NO! It takes me years to learn anything and
I never ever have it the way I want it. Plateaus are reached, of
course, but practice definitely improves a piece. I come back to pieces
after a few years and change all the fingerings. As for writing, as I
consider myself primarily a composer/songwriter, there is no music that
I've written that cannot be improved upon. I like having the
possibility of coming up with something new to add new spice to an old
dish.
You are a perfect example of someone who claims to be an amateur but
plays at a professional level. Weren't quite a few of the greatest
Elizabethen lute players officially grooms or something?
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[1]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
[2]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/
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