Reason #1. A vivid memory, as a small child, lying on the living room floor staring up at the dark ceiling, alone in the night, with the sound of Bach’s b minor mass pouring out of the speakers and over me, lifting me. Writing music today, is a way of saying, thank you, returning the favor, passing this wonderful invention on to others.
Reason #2. In any age, but particularly so in our present age of commercialism and the quick sound bite, music has the ability to cut past the surface level of our psyches and dive deep into our inmost unconscious and, twang, bring it to the surface – sometimes with tears, sometimes with joy.
