I'm at that odd point of working on a composition where you've given the work a lot of thought and you're at the point where the music itself (the actual notes on the page) is at it's genesis. It's a point in which you start thinking of large scale concepts, about what overall things will make the beginning, middle and end contribute to a satisfying whole... and it's really hard to do when you're dealing with a project that is supposed to represent a whole year of work.
The individual ideas and moments have been floating in my head for months now. I've done my research (ie. Listening) and I've developed an idea of what I want my mini-opera to sound like. Now I must sit in front of a piano and bang out my harmonic vocabulary.
Sometimes I wish I was working on a thesis that wasn't such a personal expression or a passion. Somehow it might be easier...
... Of course this might all be a little less annoying if I actually worked on my thesis often which would require the following things to not exist:
1) Kingston 1000 Island Cruises
2) The Need of Money
3) My Comfortable Bed
4) Arrested Development
5) Eating
6) Sleeping
7) A Phone
8) Battlestar Galatica
9) The Boiler Room
10) Alcohol
Of course if those things didn't exist... well what would inspire me to write?
3 comments:
Battlestar!
WOOT!
Yeah, my research is going slowly, too. But unlike you I can't seem to pin-point the source(s) of my problem.
It's not like I pinpointed my problem. I listed 10 things....I could probably think of more...
and yes WOOT Battlestar!
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