There were some Hollywood stars who were excellent musicians. For example, Merv Griffin wrote and played the song of the big band sound that introduced his show every night. It takes a lot of time and dedication to be good in the music business. And most importantly, you must have the natural talent to go through the challenges in the music business. It would also help to have the support of Nature in this regard.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <nelsonriddle2001@...> wrote : I recall most of those big bands as they were current events for me. I would expect they were all connected to their own history better than most and, able to make use of old learning. I saw the movie about Mozarts life and wondered how many details there were to coordinate where you have a large number of instruments playing how many different notes at what intervals--the number of combinations is hard to imagine but he was able to write it all down and have it come out right without editing which would seem impossible. I tend to favor the idea that there are no prodigies --they worked on these talents long before current times. While not many are in such a class as Mozart, they are to some degree similar.
