Lol it's kind of embarrassing hearing you praise me like that! ｡(*^▽^*)ゞ
But I guess you could say that... I once performed in front of a king, after all! And a rep from Juilliard, and all kinds of famous people. After the performance, the king asked to meet with me, and he took my hand and knelt down, and said "It's as if a God dwells within your fingers." His speech and mannerisms were totally not of this era!! I didn't even know what to say!!
But you know?
No matter how famous or how special these people were, just for the length of the program, we were all united in the same song. I could make people laugh, or cry, or feel nostalgic... those are the kinds of emotions people can feel when I play the piano! I think being able to touch people's hearts and form a bond, even for just that short period of time, is more important than any fancy title.
You're like "it's embarrassing!" but then talk about how you performed in front of all these special people You're a celebrity and you never even mentioned it, Kaede, of course I'll praise you!
I don't really get that though, but I kind of do? My girlfriend's an artist So she talked about putting herself into her work and using it to understand things, but hers was just for her, you know? It sounds pretty amazing to be able to do that, but for a lot of people
Aaaaawww!! ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪ Most people our age aren't really interested in classical music, so I'm just not used to it! So.... I guess I should say thank you! ♪٩(✿′ᗜ‵✿)۶♪
[Kaede "Piano Freak" Akamatsu.]
That's really cool though! I guess artists kind of have similar feelings, even if we're working in different forms, huh? I kind of understand that, but maybe a little more for when I'm playing violin. I love playing piano for myself, but playing for an audience is super rewarding if I can see their smiles. But with the violin, that's really just for me! I don't have any formal instruction, so it's like... I can interpret a piece however I want, and I don't have to worry about it being "right" or whatever. (I still like playing the piano more tho lol (*≧艸≦) )
Ummmmm.... kind of! It's more like... Not to sound really arrogant or anything, but I know if I play the way I usually will, most people will really enjoy my piano performances. And I want people to see my best work!
But violin is like...... idk Playing the piano is ME, it's my talent, it's something I've been doing all my life But the only reason I can play the songs I can on the violin is literally because of magic. Bards have a skill called Prodigy, which like... kind of makes it really easy to learn new things. That's how violin was for me!
So idk. I like playing violin, it's really fun to play a new instrument I can actually carry around, but it doesn't feel like it's as big a part of me as the piano is.
Haha maybe it's just because a piano is a bigger instrument. Get it? (＾。^*)♪～
No, that makes sense! It's more of a hobby than something you put your identity into You have so much tied with piano, that it's impossible to disentangle it from those feelings, for better or worse
Honestly, I've never really had anything like that Like, something that's so much who you are that you know you're going to do forever So, that's incredibly amazing to think about
Hmmm... you really think so? Maybe you just haven't found your passion yet!
Oh, or think about it this way! I spent my whole life honing one talent that doesn't really help us a lot on missions... So maybe you're the one who's better equipped to save the world, cause you don't have just ~one~ thing to specialize in. I think that's pretty amazing all on its own!
I mean that's implying I've got a lot of little talents you know? I'm not trying to be self-deprecating, I just think a lot of people here are a lot better equipped for this kind of thing
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｡(*^▽^*)ゞ
But I guess you could say that... I once performed in front of a king, after all! And a rep from Juilliard, and all kinds of famous people. After the performance, the king asked to meet with me, and he took my hand and knelt down, and said "It's as if a God dwells within your fingers." His speech and mannerisms were totally not of this era!! I didn't even know what to say!!
But you know?
No matter how famous or how special these people were, just for the length of the program, we were all united in the same song. I could make people laugh, or cry, or feel nostalgic... those are the kinds of emotions people can feel when I play the piano! I think being able to touch people's hearts and form a bond, even for just that short period of time, is more important than any fancy title.
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You're a celebrity and you never even mentioned it, Kaede, of course I'll praise you!
I don't really get that though, but I kind of do?
My girlfriend's an artist
So she talked about putting herself into her work and using it to understand things, but hers was just for her, you know?
It sounds pretty amazing to be able to do that, but for a lot of people
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Most people our age aren't really interested in classical music, so I'm just not used to it!
So.... I guess I should say thank you! ♪٩(✿′ᗜ‵✿)۶♪
[Kaede "Piano Freak" Akamatsu.]
That's really cool though!
I guess artists kind of have similar feelings, even if we're working in different forms, huh?
I kind of understand that, but maybe a little more for when I'm playing violin.
I love playing piano for myself, but playing for an audience is super rewarding if I can see their smiles.
But with the violin, that's really just for me! I don't have any formal instruction, so it's like... I can interpret a piece however I want, and I don't have to worry about it being "right" or whatever.
(I still like playing the piano more tho lol (*≧艸≦) )
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Formal training's for other people and not formal's for you
Is that how it works?
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It's more like...
Not to sound really arrogant or anything, but I know if I play the way I usually will, most people will really enjoy my piano performances. And I want people to see my best work!
But violin is like......
idk
Playing the piano is ME, it's my talent, it's something I've been doing all my life
But the only reason I can play the songs I can on the violin is literally because of magic. Bards have a skill called Prodigy, which like... kind of makes it really easy to learn new things. That's how violin was for me!
So idk. I like playing violin, it's really fun to play a new instrument I can actually carry around, but it doesn't feel like it's as big a part of me as the piano is.
Haha maybe it's just because a piano is a bigger instrument. Get it? (＾。^*)♪～
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It's more of a hobby than something you put your identity into
You have so much tied with piano, that it's impossible to disentangle it from those feelings, for better or worse
Honestly, I've never really had anything like that
Like, something that's so much who you are that you know you're going to do forever
So, that's incredibly amazing to think about
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Hmmm... you really think so?
Maybe you just haven't found your passion yet!
Oh, or think about it this way!
I spent my whole life honing one talent that doesn't really help us a lot on missions...
So maybe you're the one who's better equipped to save the world, cause you don't have just ~one~ thing to specialize in.
I think that's pretty amazing all on its own!
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I'm not trying to be self-deprecating, I just think a lot of people here are a lot better equipped for this kind of thing