Is music a lost art?

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 Brendan, I don't think that everyone has a talent for composition. I know some spectacular players that have no talent for improvisation or composing. I also know plenty of composers who write music that just doesn't sound very good despite their best efforts. Of course we all agree that the musical figures from history that we remember and revere were the great composers. But then we get to pick the best two or three from every generation and forget the ones who weren't all that great.

 It just rubs people the wrong way when you hone in on a particular skill you claim to have, and discount the musical life of people that don't have that skill. That line of reasoning isn't much better than someone claiming to be a great musician because they can play scales faster than everyone else.

 I guess I am still clinging to the chance that you are just young and naive about how to converse with people and not just trolling. A better way to broach the subject might be to say that you are a budding composer and that it gives you great joy, and that more people should give it a chance.