Egos quickly melt away because you are bumping shoulders with the world’s top musicians who are also there just to make music and enjoy life. Perhaps most importantly, music is simplified because you have time to ponder musical ideas and discover what a composer intended. Through the simplicity, I began to discover how grand music could actually be.
I fear that technology will become a larger distraction with each passing year. Art is about minimizing distractions and directly connecting us with the simple truths in nature. When we get too focused on making distilled videos to compete with short attention spans, we are diminishing the power of listening to a piece of music and connecting to the performers on stage.
