Difficult question

I won't even comment on this one. It's obvious to me that you want the best of both worlds; to write music, but not put the effort into it. And if that's the way you are, then that's fine.

May I mention something- My composition teacher is all about writing for an audience. He doesn't do it for a living either; while he may release CDs of his work (and is currently working on writing a musical) he has a day job, and he puts just as much effort into his music as he does into his job (and he's a really good composer). This goes to show that you don't have to necessarily be serious about something in order to care about how much work you put into music. If you ask me, it's a waste to be a composer of any merit unless you put the time into trying.

Wait a minute now. Since when is this about effort? I find that a little out-there considering that effort is strictly relative, and I don't care if someone put no "effort" into something so long as I like what that something is. What IS effort anyways?

I don't understand your example either in this context, what does this have to do with anything?

And in closing, "composer of any merit"? I know people who don't know a thing about "music composition" that have written surprisingly awesome music, precisely because they don't know anything. Sometimes people who aren't even musicians at all!

So what is merit anyways? I love how a lot of people toss around extremely subjective adjectives around thinking it says anything at all. You'll have to define EXACTLY what you consider "merit" in a composer, and what exactly do you consider "effort" before you can start using those words.

Otherwise, I have no idea what you're talking about, and I can't properly answer or see what context you're using.