It’s disappointing that buying new fitness equipment doesn’t make us healthier. Anyone else got a gym membership they hardly use? Same with diet books - the purchase doesn’t help, it’s all in the DOING!
Of course the same applies to music education. I’ve got a good number of probably great books about jazz guitar that I was excited about when I bought them, but didn’t stick to, and they’ve ended up gathering dust. Same with orchestration, I love ‘the idea’ of studying it, but it’s hard work and