Issue 4: Music

MUSIC

We hear you.

“Art”By: Anna Dohnalova

The only time I visualize things is while listening to instruments. Chopin and Mozart preferably, but Inever turn down to Bach or Beethoven. Each song is it’s own significantly portrayed scenery. It is it’sown artwork.

The intensity and depth of Mozart’s symphonies make you experience dazzling waves of extraordinaryfeelings you have never felt before. It’s like a touch of a hand except it touches your heart and it lingers.It lingers till when the song is over and you open your eyes.

Everybody has an instrument that evokes that special feeling. For me, it is a piano and it will never change. That’s why I feel like Chopin is my 209 year old talented friend. Sometimes I wish I could call him after listening to his sonatas. His tender, sometimes heavy piano melodies create a whole range of color shadings that no one before him had imagined were there. I mean, how could they? Have you ever heard so many shades of blue? It’s sort of a melancholy, but not quite. Chopin said it himself. It should give the impression of gazing tenderly at a place which brings to the mind a thousand of dear memories. It is a very personal feeling, but you should not feel sad. Just captured in the right moment with the right instrument.

They did not need words to describe. And that’s the beauty in that.

Musician Feature: Christina Bahadri

BTC: Biggest influences? BC: There are many artists that inspire my creativity but I would say my biggest influences at the moment are Mitski and Julien Baker. I resonate most with artists who write more poetically so those lovely women have been on repeat! BTC: What genre would you describe your music as being? BC: I would describe my music genre as somewhere in between indie-alternative and bedroom pop. BTC: What’s your songwriting process like? BC: My songwriting process is messy to say the least. I tend to always write down absolutely everything that comes to mind. I’m a Taurus so I avoid expressing all emotions until they’ve built up so much internally that I need to write as some sort of therapy. Once the word vomit is scribbled on the pages, I form it into a poem and go from there. My writing is very stream of consciousness so I will also spit out any lyrics that come to mind while playing some guitar chords and if it fits I’ll write it down and add it! BTC: What impact or influences -if any- do you hope your music will have on others? BC: I want my music to make people feel, point-blank. There are so many artists who have had a massive impact on my life and all I could ever want is to be that for others. BTC: How frequently do you have gigs? CB: I have had a few gigs here and there. This year I am putting my energy towards doing frequent shows and sharing my craft with others, so stay tuned for the next date if you’re in Chicago! BTC: What’s your ultimate direction for yourself? BC: I would say the ultimate direction for myself is just to continue making music and travel! Some dreams I have are to tour with Mitski or play a Tiny Desk show.