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Originally Posted by Jamie Whitmarsh
I think that's what he's saying. Notes on paper isn't music any more than lines on paper is a building. Blueprints don't do shit unless someone actually builds your buildings. I could design the most elaborate, amazing building (also elaborately impractical) on paper, but that doesn't mean I'm a good architect.
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Blueprints do a whole fucking lot, without them building the damn thing is impossible. Nevermind being a good architect has nothing to do with what I was talking about. Having your music performed doesn't ensure you'll be a "good composer" or any of that, in fact it can end up being the opposite depending on the experience.
Srsly.
PS: Think of it like, Having score = possible to perform something (regardless of probability). Having nothing = Impossible to perform it, since what is there to perform? I'd rather have SOMETHING than NOTHING. You never know when having a piece for 2 Violas you wrote on a whim is going to come handy, or that thing for Orchestra you wrote and put on the shelf. I've known people to quit writing something after they were told "haha lolz nobody will play this" more or less, which is very shitty. One thing is not playing it because it's impossible (contra F on oboe...) but another is just because the right set of circumstances haven't come around. If the score is properly written, at least you can start TRYING to find performers if you want in the first place.