I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.
But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us.
As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak into my music.
Phish is such a good band; they just make stuff up as a jam band.
You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.
I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.
It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.
I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.
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