The world doesn’t need me.
Details:
for Electric Guitar and Electronics
15 minutes
(2021)
Commissioned by Jamie Monck.
Premiered virtually by Jamie Monck.
About the work:
”I write music, and I don’t think I could ever stop doing what I do or being who I am, but there is a voice inside reminding me that what I do is only in my self-interest. As artists we can’t know whether our creations will have any effect on anyone for good or for worse. Yet, we do these things regardless. We do them for ourselves. That’s the line we come to live with—our art is for ourselves first and foremost. We do this for peace of mind, to calm an inexorable urge within ourselves; we do this for survival. We have to be selfish. Our work is only truly our own if we are selfish about it. The world doesn’t need me. is both a reflection on and a reflection of that selfishness.” Read more about this piece on my blog.