by Alycs » 28 Jul 2013 14:49
I've never felt really "jealous", but I often tease one of my friends about her music, as her stuff usually gets a few thousand views because she has a giant tumblr following and does mash-ups of popular songs (mostly homestuck and various anime or other fandom themes); but the content alone has gotten her over twice the following I have, even though I have taught her literally everything she knows about electronic music.
I guess I could feel jealous, but its more of just bemusement (especially because she doesn't really like being in a spotlight)
Really the only time I've ever felt jealous was at the music camp I went to a week ago. If you are a piano major (like I was), you have to take a theory exam that sorts you into A and B, catagories, and everyone in A (including myself) had to write and perform a song for piano by the end of the camp. However, because of scheduling errors, theory was cancelled nearly half the days, and very few of the kids had experience composing. As I already knew what I was going to write, I spent most of the time I should have used for practicing and composing to help other kids put a song together that sounded good. However, since I couldn't practice my own song, on the final performance day, most of the other kids played their songs nearly perfectly and were complimented by the teacher for "excellent musical understanding and technique" but I messed mine up in multiple spots, and the teacher practically ignored me when giving comments of what people did well.
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