Nope.snowtires wrote:and then there's the school of musicians like myself, who think if you can't write music, you aren't a musician. you're just a player. and if you can't play something you wrote? come on. i mean, ok maybe you're not going to be able to play every string instrument known to man, but if you can't plan an instrumental representation of what you just wrote, you're not a musician either.robbmasters wrote:Ah, but who is more talented: someone who could write something like Chopin, but couldn't play it. Or someone who could play something like Chopin, but couldn't write it. I reckon the writer has more musical talent, but clearly the player has more physical talent.
I know more than one musician (quite a few, actually) that can play whatever you put in front of him but can't write his own song or lyrics to save his life.
This also calls into validity a person who has a physical handicap that prevents them from playing a stringed instrument (missing hand or fingers, paralysis) but does an immaculate job of composing songs via the electronic realm. And your thoughts on the matter rely too heavily on physical prowess and do nothing to address or certify the absolute need for the mental capability to write harmonic, rhythmically sound songs.
There are 3 kinds of musicians -- players, composers and both.
As for me though, the only instrument I can't play to some degree of proficiency is the drums, although I can play congos and tablas fairly decently. I'm not much of a keyboardist either but I do play most of my pads instead of sequencing them; it just makes your time arranging move that much faster
