AVA204: Should my music be personal or universal?
This question was sent by Kae, who is helping us to transcribe some of the podcasts into text and make them into blog posts. So, she wrote a question:\n\nLabas Vidai ir Au\u0161ra!\n\nShe knows a little Lithuanian. So this means, \u201cHi Vidas and Ausra!\u201d She continues:\n\nI was inspired by AVA192 to make a video of my newest creation--a lyric song, which meant I would have to sing (*shudder*)--and post it on YouTube for the whole world to see! I had a couple thoughts about it that I'll share with you:\n\nI try to make my lyrics as non-specific as possible, probably for 2 reasons. 1) I want them to be universally accessible. But 2) I think I also try to hide my personal life, even though songwriting involves putting it on display for the whole world--so I make lyrics that don't give away specific details. It's a weird balance I have to find, isn't it? ...Or do I?\nAnother thing I was thinking about is: I want to encourage people to use and change and improve any music I create. I don't believe in copyrighting the kind of stuff I create, which is mostly keyboard music. What do you think about that?\n\n(I arrived at this conclusion after I discovered a beautiful piano concerto by W\u0142adys\u0142aw \u017bele\u0144ski, and the library in Poland that is sitting on the sheet music wouldn't let me even borrow it for my school's concerto competition. Only one or two people have ever recorded it, and I suspect only those people have ever been granted access to copies of the music. How do they expect to honor \u017bele\u0144ski, their own country, or music itself, if they treat it like it's not music and leave it to gather dust behind red tape? No wonder this composer is so obscure! I would be so mad if a library hoarded up my copyrighted music after my death and refused to share it.)\n\nAnd she gives the video link, which you can also click and view:\n\nhttps://youtu.be/x8W8njPFT7Y\n\nAnd she writes further:\n\nThank you for everything you do. The world is really a better place, with people like you. I can't wait to meet you in person this summer!\nLove,\nKae