Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a … - Michael Hersch

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Ideas visuales combinadas con tecnología e interpretación personal es igual a fotografía

Michael Hersch

Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a person connects with goes much deeper than generalized issues of simplicity and complexity.

Complexity, Concerts, Contemporary, Issues, Simplicity

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I wrote much more quickly when I was younger. Over the years I've required more time in order for the pieces to arrive in a place I am happy with. The process cannot be rushed. I have to live with a piece for quite a while to feel it ultimately is where it needs to be - though anything resembling complete satisfaction remains elusive.

Needs, Order, Resembling, Years, Younger

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This doesn't mean I do not want to share with people.

Act, Communication, Mean, Share, Writing

There are times I'm completely uncomfortable with my works being performed publicly, and I haven't attended certain concerts because the prospect is akin to having a diary read on stage. But there are also situations - whether with an audience of one, or many - where the concert experience can be deeply special, and those experiences are often unpredictable, and wonderful when they occur.

Audience, Audience Of One, Diaries, Read, Special, Works

I don't think performance out of duty yields very much. Coercion is never the way to go.

Coercion, Performance, Think, Thinking, Yield

If people want insights, if they want to swim in the currents of their own time and share the experiences of their time, then it makes sense to engage with the artists of one's own time.

Artist, Currents, Insights, People, Share, Swim

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