4/1/2018 2 Comments March Update
Third - in April, I'll begin a new project - getting Disonancia performed. If you're not familiar with it, it's a percussion ensemble piece that I finished composing last year, and I consider it the first significant achievement in my composing career. I'll be holding rehearsals with some people from a local college (where I take band class) for the first few weeks of April, and then have it performed sometime in late April. I'll be seeking out help, obviously, and your prayers as I go forward in this are greatly appreciated!! Now on to art-related updates! ArtNo significant artwork was made during March. I still sketch and color, but nothing I made was worth sharing this month. WritingThis month, we began the Robotics badge in AHG. A younger girl and I were assigned to write a short story about robotics, involving the three Laws of Robotics. Be aware, I didn't write this alone, so if the writing style seems a bit choppy, that's why. It was and interesting experience, first having to write with someone who is much younger and much more inexperienced in writing, but also trying to cram a rather deep story into only 500 words. The straightforward nature of the other girl's writing, however, unexpectedly helped in that regard. MusicThis month was... interesting. I explored the realm of modes, and I learned how to enjoy them immensely. I was afraid of tackling them at first, but after I figured out how to go about it, I was absolutely thrilled at the possibilities available to me. First, I'd simply play the mode on the piano. I'd figure out what made this mode unique, and I tried to emphasize it in the music. I also tried to think of what it reminded me of. Then I based my music around that. And even though most of the actual composing was done on the program, familiarizing myself with the scale and available chord progressions was extremely important for me to figure out how to utilize its challenges to my advantage. Now, on to the actual music! A Witchy Waltz Once again, I composed this late in the month, mainly because I was just trying to figure out how to work with my new work schedule. This piece was composed in the key of C minor, but then the 7 is sharp/normal. So it sounds a little foreign to western ears. However, the piece flies by so quick that you don't even notice it! March of the Phrygians For this piece, I experimented with E Phrygian. It sounded war-like to me, and even though it started as a waltz, I threw that away later on and stuck 5/4 in the middle of it, because why not? Out On the Seas This piece began in G Mixolydian, but it didn't end that way. It twisted through a few different chords that didn’t fit, but I think that’s what made it fun. Bigger Than Us
This is a song I wrote on Good Friday. I don’t have a recording, but I’m very, very happy with it, and maybe when I get a good opportunity, I can record it and share it with you. I hope to compile all the songs I’ve written over the course of 2018 and have them recorded nicely so I can share them with you. :) The gist of the song: It’s told from the perspective of a Jew who doesn’t believe Jesus was the messiah until the crucifixion. He believes by the end that He was truly the Son of God, and finds that the whole of God’s plan is far bigger than our small-minded wishes. ... So that’s my artistic journey of this March! Each piece from this month has been pushed out within a few hours. My fear has always been that if I leave a piece until the next day, I won’t ever finish it. It’s happened before. But now I’ve settled into my schedule and I have bigger plans ahead. In April I plan to write one song per week, and try to make each piece much longer than what I’ve produced lately. This is mainly for experience and experimental purposes, but also because I intend to begin working on a Symphony in May. It’s a big project, I know – that’s why I’m warming up in April. All this may be just silly. I may simply be an amateur composer, someone who could only dream to make a living off of this. But I won’t give up. God’s given me a bit of talent. He’s given me plenty of time to sharpen this skill. So I’ll take it. I’ll seek Him. I’ll keep praying that I’m doing the right thing with my life and look to do His will in everything. I’ll be honest, I’ve had my doubts and fears. But I don’t have time to waste on wondering. That’s why I’m beginning now. Family and friends, I need your prayers in my time of preparation for college and the years of my career to come. This isn’t just a hobby to me. I’m having fun with it now, and I hope I have fun with it for the rest of my life. But I need to get serious about it. I need to quit being lazy, focus on God and focus on my music. I probably won’t have any more to say in the coming months about art and writing, and that’s okay. I’ll miss those things, but I’ve learned lately that I need to narrow my focus to become strong there. Thank you all for your love and support.
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Chloecuz
4/16/2018 10:39:54 pm
Hey girl!
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Lily C
4/17/2018 05:37:23 am
Awwwww, thanks so much!! Honestly, I never knew I had it in me until this year. Thank God - He's given it all to me, even the grace to be faithful with it :)
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