We’re cowards when we should be brave, liars when we should be truthful, weak when we should be stalwart. Then this notion enters our heads: we will never again be the man we wanted to be. https://t.co/C3sH2MhK3c
There will be a day that you cross a threshold of music that speaks to you. You will stop apologizing for the feeling, and instead, dig in.
Live there. And don’t apologize. It’s the feeling they don’t want you to have.
Note to all composers: write your scores in C. The usual octave transpositions are ok. I spent 6 weeks deciphering the chords in Elektra. After that I decided I’ll not put any conductor colleagues through that unnecessary ordeal with my own scores.