I'm a firm believer in natural talent.
At a young age you can tell that you have a natural ability to understand music.

I can remember at the age of 5 listening to symphonies on the BBC and then when the TV went off, I could still make up my own symphonies in my head.
I recognized at that young age that I had an ability that other people didn't have.

Years later, I could listen to a song and instantly know what chords were playing what instruments were being used.

I noticed early on that other friends didn't have the same ability and couldn't understand what I was talking about.


I've met countless musicians over the years who struggle on a daily basis to understand the basic concepts of even the simplest things...and have had many occasions to just air drum different ideas that these so called music students spend hours just trying to understand.


Music can be taught and learned through years of perserverance....but some people just have it built in to their genetic makeup.