Who or what inspired you to take up the piano, and pursue a career in music? When my older sister began having piano lessons I
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Huw Wiggin, saxophonist
One of my greatest challenges is to not compromise yourself as a musician artistically as it’s easy to fall in to a trap of always playing the music that people want to hear. I think that’s easy to do at the early part of your career but I reached a point where I said to myself, ‘why did you become a musician?’ and it was to not just play music which people are used to hearing but also to make people think a little. If it’s a new sound or interpretation, as the saxophone played in a classical way is then the artistic process is quite different to something that you are used to hearing and arouses an emotion or feeling which you weren’t sure was there.
Frank Horvat, composer & pianist
Only pursue a life as a professional musician if you truly love making and/or playing music. When I was young, I tried to quit…many times. The only reason why I didn’t is because I couldn’t think of anything else to do that would make me happier. I guess that’s a good litmus test to see if it’s worth the effort.
Isabel Villagar, singer
Who or what inspired you to take up singing, and pursue a career in music? I used to sing since I was little and the
Robert Peate, composer
Where exactly a ‘good idea’ comes from is almost impossible to say (perhaps it’s something like a subconscious reduction and unification of more consciously absorbed stimuli?), but once something pops up I instinctively know whether it’s ‘something’ or ‘nothing’.
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