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you_are_the_instrument
Ouroboros comparison to others leads to nowhere but self-defeat. you are a musician, an artist. just because someone is more skilled or more trained or has more experience or... does not take away your value as a musician. inherently, it is you who are the instrument, as it is your ability to hear and feel and play with sound that allows music to come into being, or be witnessed. as a stranger once told me, there's no shame in being new at something. we've all been new and unformed at something. fine tune yourself if you must, but keep playing... 110317