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October 22nd, 2007
"Being A Great Being"
In studio from Germany and Just out of the Blue College event at RSE, and with his violin, Ian demonstrates what he means by "sound is the carrier of intent and whether it speaks to us or not." ...when we speak, think about the words we present and the intent behind the words, do you mean what you say or are the words empty? He describes a clip at the end of the film Zeitgeist that shows how our society, our social conscious way of being, does not support individual greatness. On the Field he realized that to be a great violinist he has to feel that at all times not just once in a while "I was able to let go, I'm allowed to feel great, we are all great beings, the idea that many carry around ...that we are not allowed to be great, is an illusion" and how Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light) which he wrote this year came about.
Host Note: We attended the concert the next evening, Ian's first U.S. performance, it was ...from Elsewhere! The crowd extended way beyond the 'Living Room' into the main area of the beautiful Yelm Timberland Regional Library. |
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September 14th, 2007
"Carrier of Intent"
Often the emphasis is that the power is in the words, in mantra or focus, but the power is in the intent. Take the words, "I love you," same words can convey a different intent; just repetition cannot be it or we would be creating everything we want now... Ian has pondered long on this. In music intention becomes obvious, the vibration is carrying the intent which for Ian is to uplift the audience whether the performance is technically perfect or not. He loves the violin as one can imbed the intent into the sound and actually shape it in the moment. That it is received by the audience is obvious when they leave with a lightness and joy that they didn't arrive with. On the other hand you have the odd thing about performing for approval, another long and fascinating concept. Well, we are taught that we are basically bad, even children's books are loaded with this message. "I don't think that exists! We have very strong personal power, but oh how we limit that power..."
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August 2nd, 2007
"The Violinist from Elsewhere"
Wonderful, how "The Giant Love Babys" began with one guitarist. His classical group has grown to seven musicians, one of the few groups to bring such variety to concerts in Germany. Ian also performs on TV and in movies, the most interesting being "The Red Jacket" which received an Oscar for best short film. Classical music has a difficulty that is not seen in any other form of music, many performers get wrapped up in two things that prevent music from really being special, extreme perfection and fear of not being perfect. For Ian "...it's challenging to do it properly and I think it's part of what I am here to do in this life time is to attain that level and deal with self discovery issues that come into play." Einstein would play violin when problems bothered him and then he would find solutions, it opened up his brain. Ian wants to bring this out for people when they listen... to be able to tap into their deeper selves and find answers. It's not all just for the audience, while performing Bach, Ian has experienced playing out - of - space - time, was that the genius intention of Bach to evoke this? Even during practice Ian may experience Kundalini, the fire within, and makes him think of when people say "that musician was on fire!" His interesting path to Ramtha's school, when performing "Phantom of the Opera" and how his studies at RSE have affected his life and understanding of his art. "In our being is unlimited joy and power, and I try to bring that out."
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Ian Mardon studied at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada with violinist and Paganini Competition laureate, Philippe Djokic. He then went on to receive his Master of Music degree under the guidance of Tchaikovsky Competition winner, Masuko Ushioda, at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, USA.
