{"id":1297,"date":"2014-04-20T21:02:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T04:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2014-04-20T21:05:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T04:05:19","slug":"the-joy-of-performing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/20\/the-joy-of-performing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Performing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the joys of being a musician is the ability to be part of a special experience for a live audience. Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bhcourier.com\/los-angeles-celebrates-sunrise-easter-services-hollywood-bowl-forum\/2014\/04\/19\" target=\"_blank\">Easter Service at the Hollywood Bowl<\/a> was such an occasion for me. Sharing your music with 15,000 people at once may not happen every day, but when it does, it&#8217;s a unique thrill. And yes, performing can be stressful to be sure, but the transcendent moments when you&#8217;re truly in the zone, are the moments your remember.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are performing for thousands or just for a few friends, whether you&#8217;re paid for your work, or just performing for the love of it, being that musician in the center of a live performance is unlike anything else in day to day life.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, as a performer and a teacher it is an honor and privilege to be able to share great music with others. I always hope that my audience (and my students) understand the motive and spirit behind what I do. Music is transformative in every sense of the word. When all is said and done, making the world more beautiful is the ultimate legacy for a true musician of any level, age, or genre. It is our reason for being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the joys of being a musician is the ability to be part of a special experience for a live audience. Today&#8217;s Easter Service at the Hollywood Bowl was such an occasion for me. Sharing your music with 15,000 people at once may not happen every day, but when it does, it&#8217;s a unique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,2],"tags":[22,19,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thealpertstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}