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Interview: Rokas Valuntonis, Pianist
As a musician, what is your definition of success?
I think success for a musician is finding a way to evoke emotions in your listeners. If you’re able to connect with yourself and your audience, in my opinion, you’re a successful artist.
What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians?
I really like the saying “don’t search for yourself in music but search for music in yourself’’. That is the only thing I would recommend.
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Mishel Prada Talks ‘Vida’, Creating a Backstory
Did you create any sort of backstory for her to fill out things for you?
Mishel Prada: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I mean, I started within my own life, and I had to do a lot of searching of, “Okay, well, what do I think I’ve moved past and need to readdress?” And that was kind of just a nugget of where that started. And then, kind of going from there and meshing Emma’s life, growing up in Boyle Heights, and putting herself through college, putting herself through grad school, and just kind of moving on and what that feels like. And then, Tanya and the writers’ room also already had a very rich and detailed backstory for their character. Tanya originally started as an actor, then she was a playwright. So, it was really great, because when you add these characters who have so much subtlety, and so much nuance that were just kind of already there, and then, just blended them into this tapestry of art and the characters.
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