Raze wrote...
10 years of piano. This is me playing Chopin's Op. 10 No. 5 "Black Keys" etude for piano jury last semester.
Actually, I just listened to that and I need to make a correction. This one was actually recorded with the help of my girlfriend after about one month of study. As you can see from the 'Date Modified', the file was recorded on March 2007, which is obviously only about halfway into Spring semester. The Piano Jury was right before the finals, which is around May-ish. You can tell I'm not very familiar with it yet with the mistakes I made. Also, the song is supposed to be a little faster.
Anyway, it's true that it's hard to play anything well. What I meant was, however, that certain instruments are much, much harder to become good at than others. For example, violin and piano are much, much more difficult to become good at than guitar or the drums. Comparing the recorder to something like the piano is like comparing basic arithmetic to calculus.
But as a musician, it's just something we have to live with. And there's nothing quite like jamming in a band. It's one of the most wonderful things in life.