The Artist’s Perspective: Capturing Music’s Audience
Why do we enjoy music? Is it because of the complex relationships between soundwaves and our ears picking up on those harmonious frequencies? Or is it much deeper in our emotional understanding? Over the course of my training, one of the most profound ideas that has stuck with me is this: the beauty of music is what you put into it. The sheet of paper with strange symbols and markings and foreign phrases and texts has no true meaning until we, as artists, apply that beauty through our own comprehension. When I heard this and started to apply it to my own artistry, everything changed.
All music comes from a specific point of view: the composer’s. However, when that point of view is eventually reinterpreted by another singer or player in a concert or recital, it can mean something entirely new. That’s because they have added the beauty back into the music by adding themselves into the piece. Think about classical music for a moment: these pieces were composed by people long since passed, yet their works are still performed today. Why? Because of the interpretation the performer has added, bringing it to life centuries past its birth. Even great pop songs today are great because they come from a perspective. Consider adding perspective to your music, and the noise will simply disappear.
