Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode nine of What Am I Doing With My Life? The program where I ask people what they're doing with their life, and not only professionally, but also just literally, what do they fill their time with?
Pape Arce
@PapeArce_96 · 0:46
You. So what am I doing with my life? Think I ask myself that question every morning. Basically, I'm a composer and I'm a musician and a sound engineer. And I think I spend most of my days just studying music. The way things resonate with each other, it really fascinates me and reading a lot of book books. I think people really fascinate me and their stories and after just sit and wonder what it would be to be like a really good and empathetic person
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 0:26
That's a beautiful answer and a beautiful way to fill your days. I want to ask because I don't know this about you, but how were you always very musical as a child? Or where did this was there somebody who like, you know, inspired you to pursue music or where does that love come from if you can even name that? I know that that might be a bit of tough question
Pape Arce
@PapeArce_96 · 1:32
And then there was this beautiful piece that a cellist and a viola player played together and I couldn't describe it, but when I heard them perform it, I just knew. I have no idea how to say it, but that's what I want to do. Not the playing necessarily, but like the writing of it just started something in me that I was like, yeah, no idea what it is, but there's a thing I should do
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 0:55
I, like, understand what it is, but in a very real way, I have no idea what it is. So could you break it down for a normie like me? What is it that you do? How does it differ being in a recording studio versus doing it live? And what is intriguing and interesting about it for
Pape Arce
@PapeArce_96 · 1:19
But live, there is an audience. And those are very two different things that affect the process, the speed at which you do it, sort of like vibe that you put into it, et cetera
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 2:11
Sorry for the for the for the three day delay in my response. I truly have no excuse. But yeah, it's it's it's it's really interesting what you're saying. And of course, that's something that I think about a lot in terms of live versus recorded theater TV. I think about it a lot and there is a unique magic to the live experience. It's an ephemeral thing and it's so contingent on time and space