Being an artist can be incredibly frustrating at times. The self-pressure to create something beautiful often leaves me suffocating within my own head. Looking back on my journey as a musician, I’ve come to cherish many of the moments I’ve spent with my friends and loved ones. Every one of those moments have become an intrinsic part of my music making and now whenever I find myself in distress within a desolate space. I look back to those moments of love and care that I’ve had the joy of experiencing with my wonderful friends.
” Нет, только тот, кто знал, Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal”
Tchaikovsky wrote this song in a set of six romances for voice and piano in 1869. “None but the Lonely Heart” is the last song out of the set.
Lyrics:
None but the lonely heart
Can know my sadness
Alone and parted
Far from joy and gladness
Heaven's boundless arch I see
Spread about above me
O what a distance dear to one
Who loves me
None but the lonely heart
Can know my sadness
Alone and parted
Far from joy and gladness
Alone and parted far
From joy and gladness
My senses fail
A burning fire
Devours me
None but the lonely heart
Can know my sadness
My first transcription of this song was a half-step off. Was definitely a feels bad moment. I wanted the transcription to be an exact copy of the original voice so I didn't slur over any of the repeated notes. I experimented with a lot of sounds and characters hoping to find something that properly portrayed what I felt. The quiet ache in the heart from the feeling of loneliness needed to be expressed in a very introverted fashion. That gnawing eventually grows into an explosion of crying emotion that seeps through every aspect of the song. The capture range of a phone mic is extremely limiting but I think some of it is there.
