Anonymous
11/28/2022 13:30
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
I think it would be good to have a working definition for musical prodigy. It should be those that reach exceptionally high levels of musical achievement *before adolescence*.
Mozart, Paganini, Liszt, Barber, Bizet, Bellini, Prokofiev, Milanollo sisters, Chopin, Schumann, Deutscher, Mendelssohn, Judy Garland, Stevie Wonder, Heifetz, Joachim, Menuhin, Gladys Knight, Bjork (yes, really!), Wooten, Ma, du Pre, Celine Dion, Hilary Hahn, Beyonce, LeAnn Rimes, Midori, etc.
Mozart, Paganini, Liszt, Barber, Bizet, Bellini, Prokofiev, Milanollo sisters, Chopin, Schumann, Deutscher, Mendelssohn, Judy Garland, Stevie Wonder, Heifetz, Joachim, Menuhin, Gladys Knight, Bjork (yes, really!), Wooten, Ma, du Pre, Celine Dion, Hilary Hahn, Beyonce, LeAnn Rimes, Midori, etc.
Anonymous
11/28/2022 13:25
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah people really don't understand what prodigy is. I think T Swift counts, she has been composing songs since she was a child and has continued extremely prolifically through her life.
Joshua Bell and Tori Amos and Princec and Motzart for sure.
I honestly don't know enough about a lot of artists to know if they were prodigies. But like, is Aretha Franklin a prodigy? I didn't think so. And that has nothing to do with her TALENT. It has to do with, specifically, musical skill. Celine Dion was recording albums at 12, that is what a prodigy is. It isn't a knock on Aretha for not being a prodigy but it is a specific thing.
Singing is also different I think than other musical talents. Someone can have exceptional musical talent/skill and not be able to sing, there is a strong biophysical component to singing.
You think Taylor Swift is a prodigy. You don’t completely understand either. Yes, she “writes” songs but it’s not talent or skill. It’s average at best.
Anonymous
11/28/2022 12:33
Subject: Re:Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Justin Bieber
Anonymous
11/28/2022 11:45
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah people really don't understand what prodigy is. I think T Swift counts, she has been composing songs since she was a child and has continued extremely prolifically through her life.
Joshua Bell and Tori Amos and Princec and Motzart for sure.
I honestly don't know enough about a lot of artists to know if they were prodigies. But like, is Aretha Franklin a prodigy? I didn't think so. And that has nothing to do with her TALENT. It has to do with, specifically, musical skill. Celine Dion was recording albums at 12, that is what a prodigy is. It isn't a knock on Aretha for not being a prodigy but it is a specific thing.
Singing is also different I think than other musical talents. Someone can have exceptional musical talent/skill and not be able to sing, there is a strong biophysical component to singing.
Alicia Keyes was playing piano as a child and composing as a young teen.
Anonymous
11/28/2022 10:46
Subject: Re:Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Eddie Van Halen
Anonymous
11/28/2022 10:40
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Anonymous wrote:Bruno Mars
Agree.
RM (Namjoon) and Suga (Yoongi) too.
Anonymous
11/28/2022 10:31
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Yeah people really don't understand what prodigy is. I think T Swift counts, she has been composing songs since she was a child and has continued extremely prolifically through her life.
Joshua Bell and Tori Amos and Princec and Motzart for sure.
I honestly don't know enough about a lot of artists to know if they were prodigies. But like, is Aretha Franklin a prodigy? I didn't think so. And that has nothing to do with her TALENT. It has to do with, specifically, musical skill. Celine Dion was recording albums at 12, that is what a prodigy is. It isn't a knock on Aretha for not being a prodigy but it is a specific thing.
Singing is also different I think than other musical talents. Someone can have exceptional musical talent/skill and not be able to sing, there is a strong biophysical component to singing.
Joshua Bell and Tori Amos and Princec and Motzart for sure.
I honestly don't know enough about a lot of artists to know if they were prodigies. But like, is Aretha Franklin a prodigy? I didn't think so. And that has nothing to do with her TALENT. It has to do with, specifically, musical skill. Celine Dion was recording albums at 12, that is what a prodigy is. It isn't a knock on Aretha for not being a prodigy but it is a specific thing.
Singing is also different I think than other musical talents. Someone can have exceptional musical talent/skill and not be able to sing, there is a strong biophysical component to singing.
Anonymous
11/28/2022 09:08
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Some awful choices here or people are clueless with the definition of prodigy
Anonymous
11/28/2022 08:53
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Bruno Mars
Anonymous
11/28/2022 07:47
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Anonymous wrote:Tori Amos — chromesthesia, composing by age three, admitted to the Peabody Institute at five, kicked out at eleven for “musical insubordination,” amazing lyrics and arrangements — she’s got a fascinating story!
Yes many of these synesthetes may be considered prodigies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_synesthesia
Anonymous
11/28/2022 07:31
Subject: Re:Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Tevin Campbell
Anonymous
11/28/2022 07:26
Subject: Re:Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Mariah Carey
Also:
Christina Aguilera
Ariana Grande
Also:
Christina Aguilera
Ariana Grande
Anonymous
11/28/2022 07:13
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Bob Dylan
Anonymous
11/28/2022 07:07
Subject: Re:Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Anonymous wrote:Yoyo Ma
Yes, a prodigy is a child genius, not an adult talent. Unless you start young, like he did, you don't count.
Anonymous
11/28/2022 07:01
Subject: Which musicians do you think are true prodigies?
Kurt Cobain