losing insperation

[jessica mendez]

im a kid that admires music in any way or form but lately i lost my connection to the world of music. when i first started playing piano it was impossible to take me off of it. no matter if i was just playing random keys i always looked forward to seeing it the next day. i use to dream of notes being written across pages and pages and the keys going along with them but its been awhile since i've had one of those. every time i see my piano now i feel cold. its just not the same anymore. every time i see a music sheet i just feel another wait on my shoulders insteaded of a relief when i play.

so im posting just to no if theres anyone out there who felt like me andd did something about it. i just miss the feeling of playing on a cloud. anyone have advice for me? i need help from my fellow players.

[Bob]

Find something you like.

Or if you want, put music on the backburner or focus on it differently -- Just work on scales or music theory.  Something where you think differently than you were before.

Or just push through it.

[m19834]

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[go12_3]

I think as we journey through life, there will always be times when we don't feel inspired and as musicians, we have that tendency to experience that.  I think we can embrace the times when we are full of inspiration.  For instance, I do drawings in colored pencils, and for some reason, the other night I suddenly felt this creativity coming and I ended up drawing(from my imagination) as series of drawings so full of color and in a complete unique style.  I have more to draw in this new phase that I'm in.  And therefore, I don't know if I felt inspired, but it certainly didn't make my artwork as boring  in the process. 

Whenever we play a piece we can ask ourselves, is it a daily mundane routine that we have to go through in order to learn a piece.  We can be patient with ourselves and when we relax and enjoy what we are learning in a piece, I think the inspiration does come more readily into our minds and hearts.   

[3htohn]

Hi o0_music_0o

Well moving away from the piano, listen to some Beethoven symphonies (may I suggest 3, 5, & 9) - try to get a copy of the score of symphony no. 3 and study it with the music playing, study the life of Shostakovich - Volkov wrote some pretty amazing stuff about him, try to find some videos of Karajan or Bernstein conducting - even though you may never conduct and orchestra, the performance these guys put into music is sometimes electric and truly on another level but something to aspire to.

Энтони.

[Bob]

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Lost your inspiration too?

[rmbarbosa]

For me, life is music. Faith, hope, love and music. I translate to music all what I feel and live along my day. For example: few days ago, I "lost" one of my patients. She was a very old and sweet woman and I felt for her deeply. So, at home, latter, I played to her the prelude op 28 (Chopin)...
After this, cause death is so sad, I played the Ballade nr 2 (Chopin)... and after, to calm myself, I played Bach.
Life is music and music is life. If one is alive, one allways is able to get inspiration, do you see?
Best wishes
Rui

[m19834]

Lost your inspiration too?

Something like that  .  I might put it back someday, when the thread has sunk to the muddy bottom of the forum swamp (there's a lot of very interesting creatures down there).