Love for music

[christiaan]

Hmm, I was like a piano geek! My hole life turned around sitting in front of the piano and practicing. And I was HAPPY! Now I am studying adverstising/multimedia and I don`t feel that much in love with piano practicing/classical music anymore, but I`m not that happy. It feels like I don`t have a goal in life anymore.

I want to change this and regain my huge love for music.

How can I do this?

[amelialw]

1st things 1st, when you study advertising/multimedia, it can take away alot of time from other things. If you spend too much time working in front of the computer it can cause you to be addicted too.
The easiest way to do this is to listen to classical music www.classicalmusicarchive.net . If you like any pieces in particular just take note of them and set a goal. Now pick the easier few and start with those. If you have the time and resources you should get a teacher again as a teacher will play a big part.

All the best!

[rc]

Couldn't you make more time for music somehow?

[christiaan]

Yes, I can. But my heart and soul is empty. I think I have lost that inner love for classical music?

Is it possible?

[amelialw]

as I said just go sit down and listen to classical music. If you like any pieces in particular just take note of them and set a goal. Now pick the easier few and start with those. If you have the time and resources you should get a teacher again as a teacher will play a big part.

[ted]

There is a big difference between having an "empty heart and soul" and just getting tired of hearing and playing straight classical music. If your state is the former I suggest you need rather more help than we can offer here, not that we shan't try, of course.

Music is much bigger than its classical subset and there are more ways of going about it than practising and learning pieces from the past. So I shall grasp the nettle here and suggest the opposite of the others, that you might try a completely new approach to both music and playing the piano for a while. What about jazz old and new, ragtime, boogie, stride, the blues, world music and, above all, improvisation. Perhaps get to grips with the infinite variety of keyboard patterns and their associated sounds, hearing them and enjoying them as fresh entities for the first time. Start paying attention to the type of piano sounds you have probably ignored in the past.

In short, do something different with your piano playing. Exactly what it is might not matter too much. The way you describe your old playing habits makes it seem like a sort of placid occupational therapy. There's nothing wrong with that but music can be so much more. There is more than one way to light a fire. As one of our most knowledgeable posters here has said in various ways - take a few risks - if you want your music to soar again push yourself out of what they call the comfort zone and take a few musical risks. You won't regret it.