Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.
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I don't have to worry No matter what they do to it, it works.Virgil Thomson
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.
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I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.
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Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed . . . crooked folklore and halfway opera.
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In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.
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Try a thing you haven't tried before three times once to get over the fear, once to find out how to do it, and a third time to find out whether you like it or not.
Virgil Thomson
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