Where do musicians find creativity in what they do? In improvised music it's simple, all of the music is creative because they are spontaneously creating it. But in classical music, which is largely written out with little improvisatory aspects, how do people satisfy their need to be creative? This is a different question for everyone. … Continue reading Creativity
Category: Music
Improvisation
Improvisation is very near and dear to my heart. I started my love affair with improvised music in college, sometime during my first year of undergrad. I love it, the creativity happening right in front of you, spontaneously. It's so authentic, it's impossible to play anything you don't intrinsically understand. I started with jazz, and … Continue reading Improvisation
June performances
I am so excited for this month I can hardly contain myself. For the first time in months I have ample time to practice everything and anything I feel like doing, I have no less than three performances this month that are all things I'm very excited about, and unrelated to music, I got my … Continue reading June performances
Performance Practice
For a total change from what I normally do, some thoughts on Baroque music. I actually love Bach; it seems as foreign and removed from the Romantic era as contemporary music sometimes is. It is refreshingly restrained and yet has all the emotion and drama it could ever need. It is deceptively simple sounding, while … Continue reading Performance Practice
March and April Activities
The month of March, I've been taking it easy, practicing and refocusing my energies on the music I love. It's been a wonderful change from school, and the brief flurry of concerts and applications recordings I did the past couple months, to really think about what I want to do as a musician, not in … Continue reading March and April Activities
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