tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625895942510941042.post6980314829766888133..comments2010-02-25T14:19:30.540-08:00Steven Lansinghnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625895942510941042.post-62722318073263738742010-02-25T14:19:30.540-08:002010-02-25T14:19:30.540-08:00I&#39;m sorry I missed this post till now - <br /><br />I quite sympathize with the author... as a matter of fact, the rigidity of note/emotion/phrasing/tempo that define &quot;classical music&quot; in our modern age is what drove me away from classical and why I finally broke away from playing classical entirely. <br /><br />I drove my teachers crazy from the first year on by extemporizing on the themes of the music, playing with emotions/tempi/pedaling other than what were written. Eventually, I broke cleanly with classical because my position is that I am &quot;an artist interpreting someone else&#39;s ideas&quot; not, &quot;a musical automaton - attempting to be a mp3 player with better shoes.&quot;<br /><br />This has quite a lot to do with my personal feelings towards photography vs. sketching... but that&#39;s a different conversation. <br /><br />~much lovegyenyamehttp://gyenyame.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com