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Topic: Anyone else here a serial contrarian? (Read 1756 times)

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?

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