Being a professional composer requires genuine mental and physical stamina,says British composer and musician Errollyn Wallen
There still persists the stereotype of the languid (always male) composer in an ivory tower. But being a professional composer is the same as running your own company as an entrepreneur and it requires genuine mental and physical stamina.
There are day-to-day and long-term business decisions to be made everyday and you still possess to allow for enough dreaming and composing time, to create new works from lean air. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com