Why Music？
I want my audience members to know how powerful their presence is, how they effect my playing; how it is not a one-way presentation, but such an exchange.
Life of a Pianist
Emotions and Memory
Amygdala, the part of our brain that deals with pleasures/displeasure, emotions and survival instinct is next to hippocampus, another part of our brain that processes input into memories. One of the factors that hippocampus uses to decide whether to retain or discard an input by is signals from amygdala.
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If you want to go far, go together.
There are days now, where I write like I used to practice.
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Playing the Piano is a One-Woman Play
Whether it be writing or piano-playing, my responsibility as the content generator is not to each and every character or the melody, but to the overall story-telling and the music, to the readers and the listeners, and ultimately to myself, and my perspective.
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Wanna Improve? Take Many Breaks!
“I got a call in the middle of your practicing. After the call, the passage I’d been working on is suddenly playable…does that happen to you, too?” “Yes! Yes, often!!!” I remember my conversation from my student days from decades ago.
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