So I ask: Is it possible for music to get under your skin so much (LINK)
May 19th 2008 18:59
So I ask. Is it possible for music to get under your skin so much that you can't let it be a part of your life?
I started studying music when I was about 16 years old. Classical music. Piano music. I attended a music institute for contemporary vocals and pitch seemed to be the furthest thing from me. In my musical dictionary, I read the definition of pitch, then practiced it. A few years later, I bought a program called Pure Pitch that I want to give credit to for improving my pitch from a negative 10 to a satisfying 8. Pitch, I realized, is a tool that all musicians hold in their left pocket. (Assuming musicians are *creatively* left handed.) And since I'm in a giving credit mood, (as I always must be,) I'd like to show equal appreciation to my first piano teacher, who taught me how to connect with core of music. I even played in school recitals. All this is almost besides the point, but I just wanted to portray a little background story. Its not about my musical experience that I am worried about. Now its been less than 8 years from when I just started (Hint Hint). But the problem is, I never want to play for others when they ask because I feel as though music is not a service that one should offer. Nevertheless, I understand the reality of it and that they aren't asking for a kidney, but I just feel that way every time that I am asked to play any piece. Is this a weird psychological number? The thing is, this music feels like it's within me. I can't escape it, yet I can't nurture it. (You've heard the expression: I live and breathe it.) I breathe music. But do I live music?
So I ask. Is it possible for music to get under your skin so much that you can't let it be a part of your life?
I started studying music when I was about 16 years old. Classical music. Piano music. I attended a music institute for contemporary vocals and pitch seemed to be the furthest thing from me. In my musical dictionary, I read the definition of pitch, then practiced it. A few years later, I bought a program called Pure Pitch that I want to give credit to for improving my pitch from a negative 10 to a satisfying 8. Pitch, I realized, is a tool that all musicians hold in their left pocket. (Assuming musicians are *creatively* left handed.) And since I'm in a giving credit mood, (as I always must be,) I'd like to show equal appreciation to my first piano teacher, who taught me how to connect with core of music. I even played in school recitals. All this is almost besides the point, but I just wanted to portray a little background story. Its not about my musical experience that I am worried about. Now its been less than 8 years from when I just started (Hint Hint). But the problem is, I never want to play for others when they ask because I feel as though music is not a service that one should offer. Nevertheless, I understand the reality of it and that they aren't asking for a kidney, but I just feel that way every time that I am asked to play any piece. Is this a weird psychological number? The thing is, this music feels like it's within me. I can't escape it, yet I can't nurture it. (You've heard the expression: I live and breathe it.) I breathe music. But do I live music?
So I ask. Is it possible for music to get under your skin so much that you can't let it be a part of your life?
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