{"id":10095,"date":"2021-08-12T01:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T05:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=10095"},"modified":"2021-08-12T01:59:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T05:59:02","slug":"i-recored-a-new-song-music-box-by-andrea-mai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/i-recored-a-new-song-music-box-by-andrea-mai\/","title":{"rendered":"I RECORED A NEW SONG – “MUSIC BOX” BY ANDREA MAI"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a busy summer. I’ve spent everyday in the garden, taking care of my herbs. I haven’t had much time to work on my art and music lately. But there’s a track that I just polished off recently. I composed it in an afternoon and recorded it during the spring. It kind of surprised me how quickly I wrote it, as I have very little musical training, only from middle school.<\/p>\n

In 2015, a friend who is a professional astrologer, gave me a reading. She asked if I sang or played any instruments. I said no. She said she saw some potential in my chart for music. I just kinda laughed. I look back at it kind of differently now. I’ve always had this thing where music just came out of me, but I was too intimidated to try doing anything about it. Part of it being, my visual impairment, \u00a0I find it difficult for me to read sheet music. So I never really learned. But I still liked to mess around on the piano once in a while when I had the urge.<\/p>\n

After P showed up, I’d have a stronger desire to play. Sometimes I record EVP as I’m playing, and I can hear him in the recording, guiding and directing me. So maybe, some of the ideas are really his. It was my dad who bought the piano, because he wanted me to play, like many of the wishes of Chinese parents for their kids. But I’ve had this strange psychological thing about not liking to play in front of family, especially my dad. It’s interesting knowing what P went through with his dad when he was a kid, wanting to learn piano.<\/p>\n

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Me and my 432 tuned piano \u00a92018 by Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I still don’t know that much about playing piano. I’d like to spend more time on it at some point. But for now, I’d like to share my new song with you. I call it Music Box<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Card for sale here<\/a>. \u00a92021 by Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Image above:<\/em> “Late Bloomers” by Andrea Mai.<\/p>\n

\u00a92021 by Andrea Mai. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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