| The Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky once
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| | they shaped my own style. How? Because I
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| said: " A good composer does not imitate;
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| | liked listening to them. It's that
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| he steals."I think what he meant by this
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| | simple.When I sit down to play, I
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| is that it's OK to use a technique
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| | inevitably gravitate towards one style or
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| developed by another and make it your
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| | the other. I'm fine with that. It doesn't
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| own. To imitate is to steal a technique
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| | mean that I'm unoriginal. It just means
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| or style and, somehow, not incorporate
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| | that I acknowledge reality and don't try
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| your own voice and energy into it.We all
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| | to come up with "something original."
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| get our ideas from somewhere, whether by
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| | What sounds new is 99.9 times out of 100,
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| accidentally listening to a piece of
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| | a modification of what came before.The
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| music and subconsciously storing it away,
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| | whole point I'm trying to make is this:
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| or by a conscious act where we say to
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| | Don't try to be original. Instead, focus
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| ourselves: "This sounds great and I want
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| | on what you like and love and your own
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| to use it in my own music."Some people
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| | voice will come through in the end. The
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| have the idea that everything created
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| | music may be modified to an extreme
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| must be original and by that they mean
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| | (innovation) or just a little (homage).
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| that there must be no outside influences
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| | Just don't imitate.Edward Weiss is a
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| - but this is unrealistic. Haydn taught
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| | pianist/composer and webmaster of
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| Beethoven. Italian composers influenced
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| | Quiescence Music's online piano lessons.
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| Bach and so on. All past and present
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| | He has been helping students learn how to
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| composers on this planet have their
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| | play piano in the New Age style for over
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| influences whether they admit them or
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| | 14 years and works with students in
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| not.Now, most of you know that I have two
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| | private, in groups, and now over the
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| major influences: George Winston and John
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| | internet. Stop by now at for a FREE
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| Herberman. You may or may not know of
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| | piano lesson!
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| these people. The point is I admit that
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