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My Sixteen Year Journey as a Vocalist
I’ve been involved with the performing arts since I started speaking. My parents made sure I was given every artistic opportunity available, which in turn sparked the beginning of dance lessons and acting classes. My mother was a school teacher who directed plays on the side (I made a way to be a part of them in any way I could). My father and I always played “name that tune,” and he supported me throughout everything I did. I began to act in musicals by the age of five, and even though I may not have realized it at the time, it was what I loved to do. Between my sisters, brother and I, our childhood was very musical. We didn’t know life without it.
Suzanne GaylePublished 5 years ago in Beat10 Interesting Stories Behind Rediscovered Musical Works
Before the advent of sound recording, someone had to write down a composition, or teach it to other people, for the piece to survive. Many compositions have been lost. Old songs have been forgotten. Manuscripts get mislaid, destroyed, even used as fish wrappings. Some pieces are banned from performance until a set period after an author’s death. Others fall into disfavor, only to be rediscovered by scholars or enthusiasts.
'Cassandra's Dream Song'
Brian Ferneyhough is a colossus of late 20th century literature. He is a fixture of the controversial New Complexity movement whose music is still performed worldwide to audiences of both enthusiasts and detractors. Even though his popularity has not waned in the ears of new music buffs there is still very little written in the analytical realm that parses deeply into the genetic makeup of these elaborately constructed works. The typical objection to a work by Ferneyhough from the unsuspecting concertgoer is its obsessive density, its innate ability to bombard the senses, and its unique use of a circuitous pitch language usually constructed by the composer. But given the time and acumen a deep deconstruction can be performed that gives an open-faced view into the genuine and meticulous details placed into every component of the given work.
Ben SledgePublished 6 years ago in BeatIn a Summers Garden
I am a self-taught Composer/Musician, who has written many pieces of music over the years. Some can be described as New Age, a lot are very spiritual in nature, and I have also written some ballads. I cannot read or write music in notation form, which may seem unorthodox to some, but seems to work very well for me, as I feel I can concentrate all my efforts on just letting the music flow naturally through me into whatever instrument I am playing at the time. I generally hear music fully orchestrated in my head, and replicate what I hear 'track by track' using a now rather old (16 years) Yamaha PSR2000 keyboard, and then sometimes incorporate myself playing an acoustic instrument over the top.
Kerri PowlesPublished 7 years ago in BeatThe Pianist's Loneliness
"The loneliness doesn't worry me...I spend most of my life alone, even backstage...I'm there completely alone. I like the time alone..." —Stephen Hough, speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs
Frances WilsonPublished 7 years ago in BeatBeethoven: A Presentation
(December 1770 — March 26, 1827) Have you ever wondered about who this particular man was? He was born in Germany and was a composer of classical music. He hasn't been mentioned since he passed away, so, I thought I could have a brief moment of your time to talk about him and his unexpected disability by being deaf.
DarLing LorPublished 7 years ago in BeatHow Can Yoga Help Musicians?
I love movement and music. These are only a few of the many parallels that can be drawn between music and yoga. You will undoubtedly notice this on your own and this will motivate you to continue practicing both!
Kristen LauriaPublished 7 years ago in BeatShould Playing Music Make Us Happy?
I love yoga and I love music. I often create parallels between the two practices, both so connected to the breath and body, connecting the physical body with the mind and spirit. I noticed a significant improvement in how my music practice made me feel after maintaining a regular yoga practice. The things I learn about one also help me to relate to the others. Recently, I listened to an interesting podcast from Brett Larkin Yoga entitled: What to Do when Yoga Doesn’t Make You Feel Happy and couldn’t help but think many of the points applied to music.
Kristen LauriaPublished 7 years ago in BeatSampling in Music
Popular music (pop music) these days uses elements of other peoples records. We think of today's artists, who seem to not have original ideas anymore. Some say that everything that can be written has been written. But it this idea of sampling and 'ripping off' older music a new thing? Has it been like this for ages or is it how it has always been?
Gregory EzePublished 7 years ago in Beat