First meeting/interview Emily

Group. A (About what she does in this time)

1. I guess you are very busy doing all performing, teaching and practicing. How is daily/weekly schedule routine?

2. How it’s like playing a violin on the street? What are the difficulties and satisfaction out of it?

3. How did you come up with the idea playing on the street and why did you pick Union Square for the place? There are many distractions and noise.

4. When was the first time you performing on the street? And how was it?

5. When I listened first time carefully your performing, I felt “she is not 100% immersed in her playing” “There is something distracts her” What do you think about it? Were you distracted?

6. First time I saw you, you were playing and looked at me and I was overwhelmed by your wild eyes I couldn’t make eye contact anymore. I felt strong suchness; a wildness and charisma. And after I saw you two more time I notice you often looking at the people while you play. What is it about? Were you checking the people?

7. How long do you think you will do busking?

Group. B (My curiosity about her as a violinist/musician)

1. What made you move to California to start rock in the midst of your study in Michigan? What is attraction of rock to you?

2. What’s your experience about gypsy and how it influenced you?

3. Have you thought about what if you didn’t leave the music school? How things could be different?

4. What are the achievements you want to reach not only in a sphere of music, also in any area of your life?

5. What are your achievements you’ve done? What do you feel about your achievement? Do you feel lucky?

6. How much musical talent do you think you born with? And how do you see that a proportion of importance between talent and discipline?

7. What do you think about your level of violin? Where you at? And if you are not mastery level or ultimate level that you want to be yet what is your concept of that ultimate level?

8. If one wants to become a master in any art, one’s whole life must be devoted to it, or at least related to it. One’s own person becomes an instrument in the practice of the art, and must be kept fit, according to the specific functions it has to fulfill. What is being kept for violin master?

9. Tell me about the hard time you had practicing/performing/composing music.

10. What was the most amazing/rewarding experience about playing a violin?

11. How you get an inspiration for composing the music? How it made? What are the requirements for composing?

12. Were you disappointed about the result of Foo Fighter recruit?

13. What are the qualities (beauty of it) about a violin that you think?

14. What’s your vision as a musician? What do you want to be and do?

Group. C (Her past life from early age)

1. What was your childhood like?

2. How do you see the fact that you born in an environment that made you start violin in very young age?

3. Have you had any hardship or suffer that is significant in your life?

Group. D (Her personal life; small and big stuffs)

1. Is there any other activity that you are interested in?

2. What do you usually do when you don’t work?

3. And what do you like to do if there is something you want to do but you couldn’t because of time limit?

4. What’s your diet and favorite dish?

5. How do you like your life? What do you think about your life so far?

6. What are your favorite classical music and favorite rock song?

7. Favorite movie?

8. First time when I was listening “Lullaby”, I felt a tremor in my heart and entire body and it almost made me cry. Description said ‘Lullabies and Serenades are written with the intention of a particular person in mind.’ What’s the story about it?

9. Do you have any conviction?

10. What do you feel about SF?

Group. E (Her universal consciousness)

1. I’ve read this from your profile on Dolorata website. ”She feels music is a conduit of truth and a passageway to the heart.” I clearly see this as one of your enlightenment by far developing human ability; playing a musical instrument and you’ve reached the level having an insight to see the part of truth, a principle of universe by doing that art/activity. When did you started to notice?

2. How you see music as energy relate with the universe?

3. Have you realized your destiny?

4. What’s your realization, enlightenment or insight from the music?

Group. F (Her concept about love)

1. What’s your concept of love?

2. Could you tell the relation/correlation between music and love?

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Her Perfoming was unforgettable