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Topic: Anyone else here a serial contrarian?  (Read 1641 times)

Offline virtuoso80

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Anyone else here a serial contrarian?
on: October 31, 2013, 10:16:26 AM
When my piano teachers wanted nuance and maturity, I had to bang away like the metalhead that I am.

When I'm playing metal, I have to add nuance and phrasing.

When I hear Mozart at his lightest, I want nothing more than to make it a dark parody of hopelessness.

When I hear an excuse to be dark and ugly, (just listening toRichter playing the Hindemith suite, op. 26), I suddenly get the urge to dial it back.

This has made my music-making career very troublesome at times.

Anyone else get this?

Offline andrewkoay

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Re: Anyone else here a serial contrarian?
Reply #1 on: October 31, 2013, 02:49:39 PM
That's perfectly fine, you are who you are, no need to change to please anyone else. :)

You play metal with your keyboard or do you sing?

Offline timothy42b

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Re: Anyone else here a serial contrarian?
Reply #2 on: October 31, 2013, 05:12:15 PM
I can't throw stones, I like to add vibrato to everything.

Tim
 

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