Piano Players

ConfusedKidCA
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:58:13 +0000

Music is subjective. As long as you grow in some way from playing piano, it would shine through. Sometimes, music means winning a competition. Some people shine onstage (my teacher, for example). Yet, sometimes, music means just a cold night, cold hands, and a random concerto. Some people are private like that (or have stage-fright. Or can’t perform).

I never really participated in any competition because I can’t care less about the opinions from a panel of judges. I am not going professional, so competitions feels too much like a performance for my taste. Piano is a way I express my innermost feeling. Sometimes hurt, sometimes sad, sometimes happy. Pure emotions, and everything else fades into the background. Just me and a piano. And perhaps some angry neighbors in pj at 1 AM asking why on Earth am I playing at 1 AM. But that doesn’t matter. ;)

Music is your story, so as long as you tell your story the way it is, the authenticity would shine through. A college may or may not admit you, but make sure they make the decision on who you really are, not a fake persona.