It’s nice when “regular people” are recognized by professionals. It happened to my mom a couple times.
One man whose name I can’t recall now grew up in the same little country school as Mom and her sisters. He went on to do professional singing — even at Carnegie Hall. He was scheduled to sing at a Buffalo venue and his accompanist got sick. He asked Mom to help, which she did. He told her she was the best he had had.
She accompanied the town’s school choirs until she was 90. the Music Director was a PhD in Music and was in awe of Mom’s abilities. If a difficult choral piece was in a key that wasn’t working out, Mom could transpose on the spot. The Director told Mom she would retire when Mom did... and she did.
Mom’s training was nothing special; she had inherent talent. We’re so glad she was recognized by professionals in Music because she sure didn’t get that at home as a lowly preacher’s wife.
That kind of talent is gift from God. I am just in awe every time I hear something that is different from anything I’ve ever heard before. Musicians who have their own thing, uniquely their own sound, rhythm, timing, speed or soft and slow, an instrument I never heard of or a different sound. Many musicians have their own unique thing and it makes me wonder how they can even dream up what they do.