What lead to you breaking away form classical music?
Christen Lien:Being classically trained is a huge gift, especially in regards to technique and thorough training. But there was as aspect in the training and musical experience that was missing for me. I love classical composers such as Faure, Dvorak and J.S. Bach… but there are others who were a greater influence on my music, such as Radiohead. Prince. Tori Amos. Ray Charles. Björk. Jimmy Hendrix. Tom Waits. Buddy Guy. The soul of Jazz and the emotion of rock… I couldn’t quite get those emotions through classical music. I couldn’t quite access all the rhythms I felt inside, nor was I being taught how to create the funky rhythms on my instrument in classical training. The soul of the blues, the aggression of rock and the innovation of electronic music is alive and well within me. So at the end of high school after a decade of intensive and formal classical training, I broke off. First I bought a guitar effects processor so that I could manipulate the sound of the instrument, a pick-up
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