Calm the Monster
All tunes ©Mitchell Parsons
Documenting tunes, rough sketches, skeletons of songs, live off the floor, warts and all. Needs cello.
Lower the lights
Light a candle
Adjust the volume
Intimacy
“Never play to the gallery, I think, but you never learn that, until much later on, I think. But never work for other people at what you do, always remember that the reason that you initially started working was that there was something inside yourself that you felt that if you could manifest it in some way you would understand more about yourself and how you coexist with the rest of society.
I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other peoples expectations, I think they generally produce their worst work when they do that.
The other thing I would say, if you feel safe in the area that you’re working in you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in, go a little bit out of your depth and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”
~ David Bowie
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