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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-09 01:32:14
September 09 2016 01:04 GMT
#1
Thanks for checking out my 10k blog. It's about my summer.

This past summer, I worked for a professor I greatly admire. The days were hot and humid, yet somehow we had one of the worst droughts in over a century. I sat at a small cubicle, in the fifth floor of an antiquated building, which overlooked a busy parking lot. It was surprising how my imagination would take me away when work was slow. Simulations take time to complete, and there were days I would spend my lunch break imagining the flow of cars beneath, and the lives of the people in them.

When I was not drifting away, I spent some spare time watching anime, and found a theme song I really liked: Cruel Angel’s Thesis, of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Some part of me wanted to learn the music. As with many kids in their youth, I studied a bit of piano, but stopped about six years ago, as it was taking time away from my primary instrument: the cello. When I left home for university, I also stopped playing the cello to focus on my studies. I think it was a mistake.

My parents kept my old instruments, and when I wanted to learn Cruel Angel’s Thesis, I simply printed the score, and sat at my piano. Something was different. For the first time in what felt like forever, I wanted to play the piano, and hear myself. I like to think music in some way acts as a mirror to the musician. When I was a kid and played piano, it felt like a chore. I hated it then. And I think a part of why I hated my sound was because I didn’t feel comfortable with myself. I don’t know what it was, but I never felt like I really understood who I was back then. Maybe it was my own immaturity, and maybe that’s just normal.

I used to play and play and play until the timer ran out, and then do something else in high school. But I never really put emphasis on hearing myself. Because I turned away from my sound as a kid, my progress as a musician was slow. I mean, that’s all the piano was to me: a chore. Now, it’s become my hobby. The sound at first was not promising. But as I spent day after day trying to make the piece my own, I enjoyed it. I think I am also far faster at learning music than I used to be, and put a lot more emphasis on understanding the music, and making it my own.

I enjoy hearing myself more than I used to, and I think that’s because I am more comfortable with myself than I was in high school. It’s consumed my life recently, and I couldn’t be happier with that. When I plan to see friends, I schedule my practice around that. When I wait for food to cool down, I make sure to grind scales to keep my technique sharp. I even have a copy of a book to learn musical harmony*, so I can really understand the score at a better depth.

A friend once said to me: “I don’t want to just say that I used to play the French Horn.” And you know, ITH doesn’t want to be a guy who says: “I used to be a musician.” I know I’ll never be good enough to do more than entertain friends and family, but to be honest, I play music for me. And that’s good enough. Thanks for listening to my story, and don’t have expectations for my 20k blog.

Lots of love,

ITH


*musical harmony is important because it helps one understand the music from a structural basis, which makes practicing and hearing the music easier. It also helps in composition if I ever feel like writing my own music (highly unlikely)

edit: the reason I haven't been seriously playing my cello is actually because I hurt my elbow two summers ago, and it's somehow recently starting to become a pain again. I'm doing my stretches like before, and it's coming back down. Hopefully I'll be able to start on that again, as well.
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
September 09 2016 01:07 GMT
#2
keep the music goin godspeed
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
September 09 2016 01:12 GMT
#3
Thanks, TunA! :D
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44188 Posts
September 09 2016 01:57 GMT
#4
keep playing man since you enjoy it .. it's all that matters

also can you do "my dearest" piano version ?
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
September 09 2016 01:59 GMT
#5
I'll try. Is it from Guilty Crown?
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Archeon
Profile Joined May 2011
3253 Posts
September 09 2016 02:19 GMT
#6
Nice blog

There's a huge difference in motivation between playing songs I know and like and songs I don't care about or even find annoying. Still having difficulties to motivate myself even for the former one, but I still vastly prefer playing bastard over can-can.
So I'm not surprised playing a song you really like feels better than what you remember from your probably partially involuntary childhood lesson.
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
September 09 2016 02:36 GMT
#7
Thanks, Archeon! Feels great to be back. I even found a place on campus I can go to practice.
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Jinxed
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States6450 Posts
September 09 2016 03:37 GMT
#8
Music is awesome. One of the best things about my wife is hearing her sing/play. I didn't have the heart for it to carry on after high school, but kudos to you for wanting to continue. Even if you do it just for yourself that is enough IMO.

Keep on with the passion, and post some videos some time. Would love to hear you play.
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44188 Posts
September 09 2016 03:55 GMT
#9
On September 09 2016 10:59 IntoTheheart wrote:
I'll try. Is it from Guilty Crown?

Yeah it is it's great stuff .. the meaning of the song is pretty cheesy too
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BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8910 Posts
September 09 2016 04:14 GMT
#10
this isn't a shitpost

what is life
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
September 09 2016 12:37 GMT
#11
I don't always put effort into my posting.
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Maverick_2009
Profile Joined December 2014
Somewhere2002 Posts
September 11 2016 15:21 GMT
#12
music always great stuff, i dropped piano a few years ago too, and then got back into it with anime songs cos they're something i actually want to play, unfortunately, my left hand is practically limp on the piano xD but yeah, great stuff man, nothing better than playing that music for yourself imo
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