How do you obtain success in music?

I almost was going to say "except for death", but then I realized that out of all humans who have ever lived through ten thousands of years, quite a significant number is still alive (let's say 10%), so statistically speaking we can't say for sure that all humans die!

Of course this looks different if we take other life forms into account

Originally Posted by Gardener

I almost was going to say "except for death", but then I realized that out of all humans who have ever lived through ten thousands of years, quite a significant number is still alive (let's say 10%), so statistically speaking we can't say for sure that all humans die!

Of course this looks different if we take other life forms into account

I think what he meant is that life has the guarantee that it, if unaided, ends sometime. Unaided by which I refer to immortality pills, which I take every morning. ...And have for thousands of--

I view success as a close cousin of achieving goals. I view musical success as accomplishing what my goal is; therefor, my definition of success is an ever changing thing. For instance if my goal were to write something other than a string of formless eighth notes and i accomplish this, then i have reached a momentary success.

I kind of fear reaching a "perfect" success (and becoming complacent), because for me that means not having a goal. This is where my writing would become static and lose it interest. I have nothing to strive for.

Finally: I guess my view of success is never reaching success. <-- yeah, like that isn't confusing. lol