“What is the source of power of musicians who are financially browbeaten, most of whom work for minimum wage or less? Musicians who cannot even afford to buy tickets to operas or concerts in which they themselves perform?” SourceMusicianConcertsOperaTicketsMinimumMinimum WagePower Of Music Author:Itay Talgam
“My whole childhood was filled with classical music and going to concerts of the New York Philharmonic and other New York ensembles and organizations, but interestingly, I didn't become conscious of wanting to be a musician until I was about 11. I was a rather late starter.” WholeChildhoodNew YorkLateMusicianConsciousOrganizationFilledConcertsClassical MusicEnsembleStarters Author:Gunther Schuller
“I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb by all those strange faces.” GivingFeelsFacesMusicAudienceStrangeMusicianBreathsCuriousDumbConcertsGlancesIntimidatingParalyzed Author:Frederic Chopin
“Why do we idolise Christian singers and speakers? We go from glorifying musicians in the world to glorifying Christian musicians. It's all idolatry!Satan is getting a great victory as we seem to worship these ministers on tapes and records and clammer to get their autographs in churches and concert halls from coast to coast.” WorldSeemsChristianChurchRecordsVictoryWorshipMusicianSingersMinistersSatanHallsConcertsSpeakersTapeCoastIdolatryAutographsGreat Victory Author:Keith Green
“I have no ear for music. When I attend a concert, I endeavor gamely to follow the sequence and relationship of sounds but cannot keep it up for more than a few minutes. Visual impressions, reflections of hands in lacquered wood, a diligent bald spot over a fiddle, take over, and soon I am bored beyond measure by the motions of the musicians.” HandsSoundMinutesMusicianReflectionEarsWoodsImpressionSpotsBoredVisualsEndeavorConcertsSequenceDiligentFiddle Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“When I went off to college, I was expecting to be a concert musician. In music school I heard all of these kids who were just unbelievable. And I understand that you can be very, very good, but there's something that separates very, very good from great, and I knew that I wasn't great.” KidsSchoolHeardCollegeMusicianVery GoodConcertsExpectingUnbelievableOff To College Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I discussed above. Sometimes they can. Musicians can sell music, even in the face of piracy. Or they can sell their services − concerts, etc. Painters and other artists can profit in similar ways. A novelist could use kickstarter for a sequel or get paid to consult on a movie version.” IfsWaySometimesUseFacesArtistPassionFiguresCallingMusicianPaidSellsEntrepreneurProfitVersionsPainterNovelistsEtcConcertsMonetarySequelsPiracyKickstarter Author:Stephan Kinsella
“I grew up listening to my grandfather's stories of our musical past. He would often talk about the orchestras that played at concerts and the musicians who played on Sunday evenings on street corners. By the time I grew up in the '80s, all of this was a thing of the past. I lived vicariously through his stories and often wondered what it would have felt like to have been part of his generation.” Has BeensStoriesPastFeltGenerationsStreetsListeningGrewGrew UpMusicianMusicalCornersEveningSundayConcertsGrandfather80sOrchestraMy GrandfatherStreet CornersSunday Evening Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev can no longer attend concerts by his favorite group Deep Purple without having to fear that the musicians will wear T-shirts with Pussy Riot written on them.” WrittenGroupsMusicianMinistersShirtsPrimeConcertsPrime MinisterT ShirtPurpleRiotPussyDeep Purple Author:Alexei Navalny
“I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it becomes political. You cannot conduct properly in this environment. I hate this enemy situation between management and orchestra members.” StillsAmericaPoliticalHateSituationEnemyEnvironmentProudMembersMusicianConnectionsI HateManagementConcertsOrchestraConductor Author:Neeme Jarvi
“What's always struck me is how different the sensory, especially auditory, experience is when you're in the middle of the music with the musicians playing off each other around you. I wanted to find a way to unlock the intensity of that, to recreate that unique perspective, first for the hundreds of people who attended the concert, and eventually for a much larger online audience.” PeopleWayFirstsDifferentWantedAudienceMiddlePerspectiveMusicianUniqueOnlineConcertsIntensitySensoryAuditoryUnique Perspective Author:Chris Milk
“My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was a concert master, he took me to a lot of rehearsals, concerts, performances, opera, ballet. For me, that was life.” MotherFatherSidesMastersMusicianPerformancesConcertsBalletOperaUnclesAuntRehearsal Author:Lalo Schifrin
“I started singing Folksongs with my mother when I was 6 years old. We sang at Folk festivals and concerts and schools. There was always music being played either on record, Jazz and Folk, by musician friends of my mother. I took to singing very early, I believe it has been a Gift I was born with.” YearsBelieveHas BeensSchoolMotherI BelieveBornRecordsMusicianMusic IsSingingJazzFolksConcertsFestivalsBeing Played Author:Vicki Sue Robinson
“My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot appear on the web, because my opinion is different from the Party.” DifferentNamesViewsPartyOpinionShareMusicianChinaConcertsBanned Author:Ai Weiwei
“Freddie [Highmore] is great in the movie [August Rush]. It comes out this Fall and I play a young cellist, a prodigy, who is touring and doing concerts. She's very young and has a one-night fling with an Irish rocker, played Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who is also a really talented musician.” PlayYoungNightFallMusicianConcertsTouringOne NightAugustFlingProdigiesRockersCellistsTalented Musicians Author:Keri Russell
“But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.” IdeasTogetherGrowsMusicianTraditionInnovationConcertsFestivalsWorkshops Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.” IfsArtRealityMusicMusicianJazzBoundariesConcertsComposerHornsJazz MusicPlaying MusicGreat MusicComposingHornyJazz MusicianInspirational MusicNo BoundariesWorld MusicGreat MusicianBlues MusicFamous MusicianMusic LoverClassic MusicLive MusicComposing MusicMusic PracticeChristian MusicJazz And LifeWords And MusicGuitar MusicPowerful MusicMusic ManJazz And BluesNotes MusicInstrumental MusicFun MusicMusic TherapyPerforming MusicCreative MusicProducing MusicTimeless MusicVariety Of Music Author:Charlie Parker
“Wait." "Stop?" I bit my lip and nodded. "Stop everything, or just go no further?" "Just...just no further." "Done." He gathered me into his arms and kissed me, one hand tangled in my hair and the other one caressing down my back, our hearts pulsing out a cadence that the musician in me translated into a concert of lust.” HeartDoneHandsBitsWaitingHairArmsMusicianLipsLustConcertsTangledCadence Author:Tammara Webber