David McMullin on Nostr: npub1hppwf…jcswm npub1qcg22…50rn5 I sometimes think my general instrumental ...
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I sometimes think my general instrumental ineptitude is a secret advantage as a composer. The only instrument I was ever any good at was trombone, mastery of which teaches you almost nothing applicable to anything else. Virtuosos can sometimes be intimidated writing for unfamiliar instruments, and fall into idiomatic cliches writing for their own. I find them all a bit foreign but can approach them fresh, without such baggage.
I sometimes think my general instrumental ineptitude is a secret advantage as a composer. The only instrument I was ever any good at was trombone, mastery of which teaches you almost nothing applicable to anything else. Virtuosos can sometimes be intimidated writing for unfamiliar instruments, and fall into idiomatic cliches writing for their own. I find them all a bit foreign but can approach them fresh, without such baggage.