Beethoven wasn't deaf..

It was an act, to explain why he wrote bad music late into his 30's.

The fact is musicians simply burn out early.

failson

noun: failson; plural noun: failsons

White, middle-class, male, useless people—who have just enough family context to not be crushed by poverty.

If you're tucking around on an internet message board, gonna assume you have some means; E.g. not being crushed by poverty.

Or whatever you're on about.