Poll: What is most important in music?

1. Most important thing in music?

• Sheer skill/composing prowess
  8
• The quality of sound files you produce
  4
• Being appreciated during your time
  3
• To push the envelope of musical innovation
  5
• To foster great musical relationships
  4
• To get people to want to perform your music
  6
• Listening to great music/pure enjoyment
  12
• To be a sponge of many eclectic influences you express through your music
  3
• Playing/performing on your instrument well and consistently
  2
• Thinking about music and admiring complex musical structures
  7
• Analyzing and understanding your favorite pieces
  7
• To always be learning how to compose music in new and unique ways
  8
• To have a good grasp of musical notation
  5
• To create music that can be appreciated on multiple levels; to reach people both intellectually and emotionally
  10
• To compose with the highest level of sophistication
  1