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Re: Musical question

Author: Matt74
Date: 2018-10-07 04:49

I’d like to hear what you said too.

They want an interesting discussion. That’s all. It’s a “thought” question. Questions they want a particular answer to are more direct, and more cut and dried. The most important thing is that you can engage with them in a thoughtful discussion about making music.

When you get asked a “thought” question do this: First, you need to understand what the question is really asking. Think about what the question is really “getting at”. It’s ok to ask for a clarification like “Could you say more about that?”. (If they won’t say any more about the question it’s because they have to ask everyone exactly the same thing.) Second, you need to respond directly to the *topic* (not necessarily the question precisely as it was phrased). Third, you need to show your ability to reflect on things.

It’s more important that you can say why you think what you do, rather than that you have a definite strong opinion. You should have a thought to offer, but you don’t have to insist on being right. They just want to know what you think.

Basically, I assume really wanted to hear you say something insightful about making music, that also shows you have thought about what music is and why you play.

I might have said how it is a little like both, but isn’t really either, and then said more about what I think it really is.

This particular question isn’t a very good one because the options are not mutually exclusively exclusive (acting can be a form of self expression); and because music is neither acting nor pure self expression. A better question would have been, “Is making music more about expressing yourself or more about reflecting the composer’s intention?”

- Matthew Simington

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