| I once saw a world famous trumpet player at an ITG concert walk out on stage, play a couple of phrases (VERY badly), apologize to the audience, and walk off stage. I had all kinds of emotions about that. You really empathize with another trumpet player having a bad day. You sit there and feel the pain of having that kind of experience. But at the same time (I'm ashamed to admit) it made me feel better about the times that it happens to me.
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"Music is a fire in your belly that has to come out of your mouth, so you'd better put a horn in the way before someone gets hurt" (paraphrase of Bleeding Gums Murphy) |