The Voice of The Instrument

I have been asked why I do not use drums in every song and why I use so many acoustic instruments in my arrangements. My answer is simply this, I love drums and I wish I had learned to play. They are the integral beat that resembles the rhythm of life. The drums and percussion instruments can cross many cultures because they do reflect and connect to the very pulse of life as the beating out our hearts.

Having said that, I have loved music since I was a child but because of the times in which I lived and being raised in a single parent home we had to work. My first job was when I was transitioning from elementary going into junior high school. In college I had to work a full time job and would come in early and leave late just to play on the piano that they had on one of the floors. This instrument fascinated me as does music theory and its complexities. I marvel at the minds of those who can write and construct music such as concertos, operas and the various other masterpieces.

In my discovery of music I am finding that it is so vast and comprehensive and that every instrument has a voice and a message. This is what I am interested in. Knowing the voice of the instrument. Learning its timbre and unique colors. Understanding why certain tones cause flashbacks of love and others weeping. Musical instruments can even cause plants to thrive and become much healthier or die and wither when played within a specific type of voicing. My discovery takes me into the phenomenon of sound.

I have found that sound, in particularly music appears to be a force of energy that communicates with the mind, the soul and energizes it in many different ways. I'm at point in my life that I am seeking the voice of the instrument and what it says to me. Music is a gift that can soothe and calm even the most tumultuous of minds. If I can discover the voice I can also find the message that it was meant to invoke and communicate.

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