https://moravianmusic.org/notes-from-nola-handmade-music-guest-columnist/ Preserving, Sharing, and Celebrating Moravian Musical Culture Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:12:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://moravianmusic.org/notes-from-nola-handmade-music-guest-columnist/#comment-4923 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:46:47 +0000 http://dev.thesignalcompany.com/foundation/?p=5267#comment-4923 Thomas Dressler, I absolutely agree with your thoughtful and well written words on “handmade music”. I too have recently discovered the power and intimacy of making music by returning to playing my circa 1775 Hubert travel clavichord build in 1999 by Gary Blaise of San Francisco. One could not ask for both a more responsive and challenging instrument on which to express oneself and the composer. To dial back from the sheer volume of more amplified music and mechanical touch to a simpler, direct connection to sound has been a reviving and revelatory experience. When I share that type of music with others who have never seen or heard such a thing, it has a surprising effect on them as well. For me, the real core of this is learning to appreciate the more exact and refined end of the spectrum, the range that is closest to our fingertips. Whether one is spinning, weaving, and tailoring shirts from flour sacks, or tuning our ears, minds, and hearts to find nuances of music making that feed our souls, one is on a richer path, “a road less traveled” that is in danger of becoming overgrown with weeds. Thank you and Nola for sharing this excellent reflection.

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