When things are going well the music seems to take off with a life of its own and it sometimes becomes entirely different from what you planned
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
When things are going well the music seems to take off with a life of its own and it sometimes becomes entirely different from what you planned
Stay true to yourself and write the music you feel compelled to write, whatever form that takes. Authenticity is everything.
Your music, more than anything else, is a voice which is speaking from you those things which words cannot express
There is something intrinsically motivating about composing something that has been asked for – it feels more purposeful to write for the actual performers, or a situation where you know the music will be heard.
I came to contemporary music as an extension of the alternative rock I was listening to at the time – I don’t see why anyone couldn’t do the same if the path was open to them.