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Music, to me, is the soundtrack of spirituality. It's how I communicate concepts for which words are not enough. It's how I create something too complex for a picture, to inexplicable for a poem.
With music I can use words as far as I can take them, but I can also also map a shortcut to the feeling involved. |
Though I learned music as a group activity, lately I prefer to create music alone.
I am most comfortable singing. I love the feeling, I love the breathing, I love the expression one can achieve with only air and a body. My chosen instrument is the computer. I have played piano, 12 string guitar and electric guitar, but I've found computers can do most everything I need these days. I do still make use of my analog synths.
I try not to get hung up making my recordings perfect. I don't spend a minute of my life thinking about whether or not my music will sell or appeal to other people. I only try to make sure it feels honest.
Barbara Kingsolver, in talking about writing said "Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.”
I'm trying.
Sometimes music balloons into existence unexpectedly. Sometimes it's a calculated activity, with planning and intent. But usually music comes toward me, from what feels like some other place inside me. A place that is separated from my conscious awareness but still a part of me. I have to listen for it to receive it. I have to slow down, be patient, desire it without expectation.
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