But it's always really difficult to find someone that has the qualities to be a great accompanist.
We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligble that audiences like it simply because no sane person could understand it.
Listening is the key to everything good in music.
I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer!
I can't hear music. I don't understand it. It's so above and beyond me.
I'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music.
The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music.
There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares.
The tone of 'Pitch Perfect' is so specific, and from the studio's perspective, they wanted someone who could step right in and seamlessly understand the movie comedically and musically.
I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.
