What leads to professional success as a musician? Talent matters. The ability to hear and feel and think. Digital dexterity. Work. Perhaps luck, or chance, or random events play their parts in many careers. And there are other elements of "talent." Some artists interest us. The sounds they make compel. We want them around, we want them to be part of our life. There are so many young musicians of real ability and achievement who do not make … [Read more...]