I am the kind of girl who prefers a paper book to a kindle, a hand written letter to an email, a grand piano to a synthesizer. Before a few days ago, I didn't know what a sequencer was, or a driver, or a web browser, really, to be honest. I kind of still don't really know what they are, but I am learning. The impetus--my musical, creative life is now somehow very tied to my computer and a MIDI controller.
This blog is intended to motivate me to stick with my plan of learning how to use two complicated (at least for me) software programs for musical creation called "Reason/Record". I not only plan to learn how to use them, I plan to use them to create/record an album.
An ambitious goal for someone like me, whose musical training was for the opera stage. The classical world has given me a strong foundation, and I am grateful for that, eternally. It also gave me larger than life musical ideas, stretched me and forced me to be vulnerable in front of an audience.
My hope is that I can harness those patterns in a new way. Working in all of the discipline and tradition of that world has allowed me to realize that my values lie in artistic and musical freedom. It's my hope that mastering this technology can be a key to my own creative license.
Let's see where this goes.....
This is sure to be another vibrant branch on your ever-growing tree of life. Despite being one whose adoration of all kinds of music is limited to being a "listener," I have, nevertheless, read and heard so many artists, at varying stages of their careers, state that acquiring knowledge of new tools and/or technologies has not only deepened their well of possibilities but also heightened their inspiration. I recall, shortly after we met, hearing you say that you were interested in learning more of guitar and it made me smile because something in that moment told me that you are someone not just with talent, but also a level of curiosity which will guarantee that you will never stop growing in your pursuits. I will never forget my experiences of hearing you at McPhail, Aimee. You have, and always will have my support!
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