Composers Forum is a daily web log that allows invited contemporary composers to share their thoughts and ideas on any topic that interests them--from the ethereal, like how new music gets created, music history, theory, performance, other composers, alive or dead, to the mundane, like getting works played and recorded and the joys of teaching. If you're a professional composer and would like to participate, send us an e-mail.
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Can someone be a failure as a composer? And if so, define "failure."
My opinion, FWIW: failure has nothing to do with commercial success. You only fail as a composer if you don't succeed in writing what you want to write. Other than that, "failure" for composers (and artists as well) is not a relevant term.
posted by David Toub
8:25 PM
