| We all want to be in the moment. That's
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| | not overwhelm or grow tiresome.
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| where real transformation takes place.
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| | Any instrument can be used to create this
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| For some, walking gets them there. Others
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| | kind of music but certain instruments
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| like to play sports or watch movies. For
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| | lend themselves more readily to it.
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| me, it's playing the piano. When I'm in
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| | Flutes, the harp, the piano, the Japanese
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| the moment, letting the music speak, it's
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| | Koto - these instruments are often used
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| like the world is new again.
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| | to create atmospheres that linger
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| The notes flow out of the piano into the
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| | delightfully but really do not want to go
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| air and I know that something magical is
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| | anywhere. Here in the West, we are used
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| taking place. It may last a minute or a
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| | to a music that must pursue an ending
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| half-hour. No matter how long it lasts, I
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| | course. We must have a climax or a big
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| know that I've been transported to a
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| | finish or we are not satisfied. Like a
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| special place. Many musicians know of
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| | fireworks show, it begins and ends with a
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| this place - especially musicians who
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| | bang.
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| know how to improvise. There is no
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| | There can be a struggle between creating
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| planning - only spontaneous invention.
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| | a music that comes from spirit or making
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| Zen music in particular has an ethereal
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| | music that pleases the crowd. We can be
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| quality that seems to grow organically.
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| | torn between pleasing the ego or pleasing
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| It starts and ends yet there seems to be
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| | ourselves. To play piano in the "new age"
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| no starting or ending point. The music
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| | style is to understand a music that isn't
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| just is - like a living being it just is
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| | planned but allowed to become. Once this
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| there. It's like a fine perfume in the
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| | concept is understood, the music will
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| sense that it lingers in the air but does
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| | flow.
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