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Re:Kids and music lessons: why do many promising players qui... by thewebcount on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:34AM (#34257070)
> You aren't a musician if you aren't playing with other people and in front of audiences.

That’s a terrible attitude. There are plenty of, for example, solo piano players who love playing, but aren’t interested in either being in a band or being a celebrity playing for other people. They are every bit a musician as you are.

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Re:Kids and music lessons: why do many promising players qui... by CPLX on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:53AM (#34258190)
I didn’t say they had to be a celebrity. But to be a musician you have to actually produce music, its among the performing arts.

Solo piano players have recitals, or make and share recordings of themselves, or do things that aren’t solo too. I stand by the idea that musicianship is a thing that involves other people, at least in some manner or another.

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