Experimental Lab: Questionnaire
1. My first meaningful experience with live music was when I went to a musical
with my mom, the musical named Oliver. When I hear my parents talk about
that day, they say I came back as a different person as when I left. We
immediately bought a cd and listened to the music non-stop in the car. Since
that day, music had become a bigger thing in my life, something I still love tot
this day.
2. I think it must be the album with the soundtrack of the musical Oliver. That
was really the first one I listened to as a whole album.
3. When covid-19 hit, we had a lot of time on our hands, so during that period I
started to really listen to a lot of music, especially rock music. I went from The
Beatles to Led Zeppelin to Elton John, just to name a few. During this period, I
also learned myself a bit of guitar, just so I could play the famous parts from
the songs.
4. I started making music when my godfather, who used to have a music store,
gave me an electric drumset for my 6th or 7th birthday. From that moment on I
practiced a lot and went on to start my music lessons in third year of
elementary school.
5. I always thought of music as just a hobby, even when I started university. It
was only after I failed miserably during my first year as an economics student,
that I realised that the ‘normal’ path of university wasn’t for me. It wasn’t the
lack of intelligence but the lack of interest in the subject that made me want to
pursue something else. And I still played a lot of music and found that that
was the place where I could really enjoy myself and the one thing that could
motivate me above all else.
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7. The parameter I rely most on is rhythm. As a percussionist, it is something
you are expected to be an expert in, so it is something I developed over the
years and found myself quite comfortable in. It’s way harder for me to use
pitch in a new, improvising manner than rhythm.
8. I believe pulse is at the very core of music, it has something that is so stable
(in one way or another) that everything can be done on top of it without it
having to change the pulse. I find it hard to work with music that has no pulse.
9. K
10. A) I find it easiest to collaborate with people within the community I work in,
because it automatically creates a foundation where you are both comfortable
and can find each other. It gives you something in common that you can build
on.
B) I do try to adjust myself to the other person, because it is something you
both have to create together and if it’s only one way without compromise it
makes it that much harder.
11. I haven’t really thought about it that much
12. I don’t have a really specific style, I try to be open for everything, although I’m
trying to discover more classical, contemporary music right now.
13. I would rank it more intuitive since I really start to like the music and playing
music when i don’t have to think a lot about it. Even in classical repertoire,
since I play most of my solo works by memory, I try to feel the music I’m
playing.
14. I try to let the music be about music, not so much about other stuff that tries
to use music for a different purpose. I do use the context of piece to give me a
look in the vision of the composer, but I don’t need to agree with the
composer or the reason he wrote the composition to play it.
15. I believe that effort plays a big role into music. Of course, people who put
loads of effort into a composition can still make bad music, but I find that, in
one way or another, music which is thought through is mostly good music.
16. K
17. I believe it’s important for artist to know the past and how it influences the art
that they see today, but I don’t feel like they should have to do the same as
their predecessors did. Making art is very personal and I feel like there should
be no obligation to make art the same way they always did. It’s important to
follow your gut and to do what you want to do.
18. I don’t really think about it that much in my works.
19. I believe that it should be a seperate thing. Of course, a person’s opinions can
decide whether you like them or not, but I don’t feel like it has to influence the
quality of their work.
20. Same as above
21. Musicians should be able to make something for the public to enjoy and take
them away from the daily hassle of life.
22. Yes! It is something so fundamental in the human spirit. Even cavemen used
music as a form of relaxation. It has been used throughout history in many
shapes and forms and I believe it will in the future as well.
23. I don’t always expect them to like it, but I do expect them to listen and be
honest about it.
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25. When there is just nothing else I can think about and it would be against my
nature to do something else.