Comments on: How to Be a Musical Personality http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/11/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/ Be a successful musician, one note at a time. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Arjun Muralidharan http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/11/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Arjun Muralidharan Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:19:00 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/#comment-68 Ethics need not mean "good etchis". Maybe I expressed myself a bit unclearly. To complete a competence, you need to have some sort of values towards what you do, in comparison to others. If anti-semitism moved Wagner to write his ominous operas, so be it. Picasso always had a very offensive attitude to art, and to life. But in the end, that's what made him "more competent" than his friends. Competence = ability to compete ? Ethics need not mean “good etchis”. Maybe I expressed myself a bit unclearly. To complete a competence, you need to have some sort of values towards what you do, in comparison to others. If anti-semitism moved Wagner to write his ominous operas, so be it.

Picasso always had a very offensive attitude to art, and to life. But in the end, that’s what made him “more competent” than his friends. Competence = ability to compete ?

]]> By: Chris #1 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/11/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Chris #1 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:58:36 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/#comment-60 What I mean by musical accomplishment what Arjun refers to as personal competence. It requires a little bit of talent and a lot of hard work, but no great ethical traits. Consider the examples of Richard Wagner (anti-Semite), Pablo Picasso (rapist), or Carlo Gesualdo (murderer). Their ethical failings don't disguise the fact that they were geniuses in their fields. What I mean by musical accomplishment what Arjun refers to as personal competence. It requires a little bit of talent and a lot of hard work, but no great ethical traits.

Consider the examples of Richard Wagner (anti-Semite), Pablo Picasso (rapist), or Carlo Gesualdo (murderer). Their ethical failings don’t disguise the fact that they were geniuses in their fields.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/11/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Chris Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:32:32 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/#comment-69 What would you say is relevant to accomplishment then? Also everyone has a different idea of what musical accomplishment actually is. What sort of musical accomplishment are you talking about here? What would you say is relevant to accomplishment then? Also everyone has a different idea of what musical accomplishment actually is. What sort of musical accomplishment are you talking about here?

]]> By: Chris http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/11/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Chris Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:58:54 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/how-to-be-a-musical-personality/#comment-101 In my dealings in the profession, I have always strived to be ethical. However, looking around me and at the ways musicians have acted over the years, I would have to conclude that musical accomplishment has absolutely nothing to do with ethics. In my dealings in the profession, I have always strived to be ethical. However, looking around me and at the ways musicians have acted over the years, I would have to conclude that musical accomplishment has absolutely nothing to do with ethics.

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