When I read something horrible on the news, it is my first reaction to do something about it. Then, I ponder how such suffering can exist. Eventually, I realize the problem is so big, that I probably cannot change it alone. Soon, I begin to wonder how I could express that sorrow in music -- to a larger audience, with the hope that it might make a difference ...somehow.
Is it that the musician exists to express the pain and sorrows of the world, or do we perform as a way shield ourselves from it?
Maybe both.
