Posted by stjames on October 18, 2000, at 0:02:22
In reply to Music makers..., posted by tdaneen on October 17, 2000, at 20:37:33
I guess the greater question would be, does creativity
and mental illness go hand in hand ? This really is not a fair
question because the sample group is off. My degree is in music,
and there are lots of very talented people that are not sucessful or known.
Sucess has its own pitfalls. We tend to only think of the well knon people and
not the whole group. Also it is hard to create if you feel ugly inside.I will make the observation that the really good musicians spend
8 hrs a day alone in the practice room. So they are little batty and lack
some social skills, they have been in that room since they were 15.
While not all were batty or whatever, some of the
pianists were the worst in school. They do play all the notes and there is a huge amount of rep for the piano.
8-10 hrs alone with only very difficult Mozart to keep company. I was lucky because singers cannot do more
than 2 hrs a day, perfict for someone with ADD.Tdaneen, could you exlaine what bothers you about this thread ?
If my posts offended it was not intentional. Sometimes I do not
get it, I'm ADD. I do respect your feelings.james
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