9/4/2024

Yesterday I had my first music composition lesson since June. My teacher liked the piece I’d written (the only one I finished over the summer; it’s a chromatic piece that my daughter insisted be named “Burglary”). I enjoyed listening to my teacher’s explanation of why the piece worked. Apparently I was doing a bunch of stuff that I didn’t realize I was doing. He has said repeatedly that he thinks I have talent and “good ears,” and I am maybe starting to believe it. Now, if only I can back that so-called talent up with more knowledge….