Friday, January 13, 2012

When I return..

I'm currently not near any of my lucky pencils or things that I use to compose. I know that is no excuse since this is of course Composing Friday.. BUT I will start my adventures back on the composing train soon.. I just need to organize a few things. Here is a song that I composed a couple weeks a go. Hope you enjoy it! I really like this one...well.. except the quality but I'll deal with that later :)

- The Clartist


Thursday, January 12, 2012

For this Random Thursday I'm just connecting things in my head. They may or not be true or relevant to anyone but me.

As a painter I prefer abstract art over any other kind of art. For me, art is an easier way than words to get thoughts out of my head. It's also just fun. When I start a painting I don't have an extreme plan to exactly what it's going to be or look like because usually I never know what it might become until I'm mostly done with the painting. Even after, I might not have a clue what it, the painting, is. I just paint to paint usually.

As a musician however, I don't know what I am. The only thought in my head is to compose, to put some kind of picture in the listeners head maybe by the title of the piece or just by the first couple notes of music. I may not know exactly what notes to write down and play but I try to piece them together without not paying attention.

It's easier to paint without looking than it is to compose without looking unless I'm improving the instrument. Like the piano or guitar it is easy to improv. Probably because it is easy to use chords where as the clarinet if I tried improving it is more like a solo with nothing underneath it or with it. Also, it isn't that I'm making things without looking as if I'm not caring it is more like I'm letting my insides control what I'm playing. If that made any sense. :) It did in my head.

Since I am just rambling here this may or may not have proved how insane I am. :)

-The Clartist

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Shoot, Edit, Draw

I don't have much to say about art today but here is a drawing I did awhile back. Just an inspiration because of color. I took this really neat picture of the sky and then I edited it. Soon after I thought I'd try to draw the edited version. I did it with all permanent markers. It was really fun and the drawing always makes me smile. Hope you like it too! :)

- The Clartist

                                                     The picture.



                                                     After I edited it.

                                                    The drawing :)