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<blockquote data-quote="Drawmack" data-source="post: 635310" data-attributes="member: 4981">Hmmm,Well I'm a freelance writter, guitarist, drummer and computer programmer.Those are just the things I am currently being paid to do. Let's compare training vs. talent in the different things.Writter - no formal training but many hours have my publisher brother teach me mechanics. I had the natural talent of clear explanation but needed to hone the skills of gramatics, which I still work on.Guitarist - taught myself to sight read music (3 hours), used finger exercises to nimble my fingers (6 months) and then got paid to play other peoples music, but do not know enough about music to write my own songs. This makes me lack a respect for cover bands, but harbors a greater respect for song writters.Drummer - Actually a percussionist I play about 150 percussion instruments. Taught formally for 6 years, was 5 years before I got paid. I respect skilled percussionists and just hearing someone play I can tell if it's skill or talent and I respect skill and most that are simply talented get on my nerves because the do some really stupid things.Computer Programmer - I've been getting paid to do this for 6 years, have been in college 5 of those years and can see the differnce between the talent I posses for this and the skils I've learned in doing it.I respect skilled artists. You can tell the difference between skill and talent in most things if you've got the training to be able to do so.although with things like writting and painting it is difficult to distinguish training from skill based on the end product because I don't know if those brush stokes are the result of years of practice or just the way the person paints.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Drawmack, post: 635310, member: 4981"] Hmmm, Well I'm a freelance writter, guitarist, drummer and computer programmer. Those are just the things I am currently being paid to do. Let's compare training vs. talent in the different things. Writter - no formal training but many hours have my publisher brother teach me mechanics. I had the natural talent of clear explanation but needed to hone the skills of gramatics, which I still work on. Guitarist - taught myself to sight read music (3 hours), used finger exercises to nimble my fingers (6 months) and then got paid to play other peoples music, but do not know enough about music to write my own songs. This makes me lack a respect for cover bands, but harbors a greater respect for song writters. Drummer - Actually a percussionist I play about 150 percussion instruments. Taught formally for 6 years, was 5 years before I got paid. I respect skilled percussionists and just hearing someone play I can tell if it's skill or talent and I respect skill and most that are simply talented get on my nerves because the do some really stupid things. Computer Programmer - I've been getting paid to do this for 6 years, have been in college 5 of those years and can see the differnce between the talent I posses for this and the skils I've learned in doing it. I respect skilled artists. You can tell the difference between skill and talent in most things if you've got the training to be able to do so. although with things like writting and painting it is difficult to distinguish training from skill based on the end product because I don't know if those brush stokes are the result of years of practice or just the way the person paints. [/QUOTE]

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