The Recitalist (one minute song #14) by Peter Saltzman published on 2024-03-18T18:27:39Z This may be the most cynical of the one-minute songs. It's spoken word in the widest sense of the term. For all of the finished one-minute songs, go to my [Bandcamp Page for the album](https://petersaltzman.bandcamp.com/album/one-human-minute): To hear more about my music and writing, visit my [website](https://www.petersaltzman.com/). I’m posting sheet music for my originals and sometimes arrangements [here](https://www.petersaltzman.com/sheet-music/). Lyrics: So after ten years of 8 hour-a-day practice sessions; The four-octave scales and arpeggios, The Chopin Etudes, The occasional Bach Fugue because you had to Even the ggoddamnCzerny exercises Followed by a year of self-doubt Because the world you live in could care less about your Concertos, etudes, and sonatas Then 9 months of drinking margaritas and smoking weed with Mariachi bands in border towns in Mexico to quell the pain of indifference to your hard work (but also to feel like you've finally made a connection to something real) After all of that, you've come to accept your irrelevance because maybe it's better to do something that is good and outdated than bad and hip... Or maybe the tequila and pot destroyed the right combination of brain cells so that you no longer care. Or at least know that you care Genre Jazz & Blues