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07/08/2006
There's a rebel in me...
Somehow, and I'm not sure why this is, whenever I am playing the role of musician (or more specifically, cellist), something happens. I become the rebel-type character - the kind who bucks trends, laughs at the stuffy people who take themselves too seriously, and who comes up with the wacky, inventive, highly unconventional way of doing things that sends music teachers' eyes rolling heavenwards and wondering, "what did I do to deserve this?" I don't mean to say that all this results in genius playing because usually it doesn't, but at least I have fun along the way. What would life be if all I did was spend my life pretending to be classical automaton?
The funny part is, though, that in general I'm a goody-two-shoes. People usually think of me as quiet, strange maybe, reserved, but I don't think "rebel" crosses their minds. In music, on the other hand, somehow, a different sort of behaviour comes out and all of a sudden I may as well be a gum-chewing teenager wearing a backwards baseball cap and tattoos and piercings! I'm not confrontational. I just do my own thing, which is why I would never survive as a professional classical musician. :-) Orchestra musician is a bit of a stretch, too. I instinctively take it freestyle (particularly with bowing), which usually gets me into trouble, or constantly fumbling to match what I'm doing with what everyone else is doing. I wonder if there's sight-reading classes for bowing?
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