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It was mentioned that Slonimsky, a composer and conductor, wrote about having absolute pitch as a party trick as a child and how it later hindered his musical development. His experience illustrated that absolute pitch doesn't guarantee musical success.
There's this guy named Nicholas Slonimski who's a composer and a music lexicologist and a conductor.
— Episode: What is perfect pitch?
Episode: What is perfect pitch?
It was mentioned that Slonimsky, a composer and conductor, wrote about having absolute pitch as a party trick as a child and how it later hindered his musical development. His experience illustrated that absolute pitch doesn't guarantee musical success.
There's this guy named Nicholas Slonimski who's a composer and a music lexicologist and a conductor.
He wrote in his autobiography about having absolute pitch basically how like he kind of it was a party trick when he was a kid.
And then when he went to school to music school of course, he kind of like kind of thought his S didn't stink because he had perfect pitch and they didn't have to work as hard.
And he was a little snotty about it I think from what I gather from Ed Summation.
And he's just leaning on that too hard.