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Fallen upward... a dichotomy, yes, but also a reality. Sometimes you have no where left to fall but up.
I remember reaching up to the piano keys far above my head as a toddler. My mother played, although she never considered herself more than a hobbiest.
Things were different for me. It started as a game, I suppose, but by the time I was three or four, I was writing songs. They had titles, themes, keys... I still have the first one I ever wrote framed somewhere in the studio.
And many other instruments followed the piano: guitar, electric bass, drums, dulcimer, any variation on the marimba, orchestral percussion, a love to sing so much that that love overcame a years' long fear of the judgment of others, a bit of saxophone, a bit of accordion, a bit of viola, a bit of many indigenous flutes, and, honestly, nearly anything I can lay my hands on and use to make a sound.
Life moved on. The piano I grew up with made its way to Arizona, then California, and now to Texas where it has a permanent place in the living room I share with Three Red Dogs, two cats, a menagerie of wild deer, and a growing collection of photographs as well as more instruments that are probably legal in the State of Texas.
I think of this as my artists' pallet, which I suppose is also apropos given that my mother is also a painter. While I enjoy performing live and playing in bands, I am most in my element with recorders running, "painting" layers of sounds atop one another. Here you will find pop and rock meanderings, while following the link to "Susan Ostroske" will take you to the world of instrumental piano I am truly at home within.
As I said, life took me to the far reaches of the west coast, to Los Angeles, where I graduated from Musician's Institute in 1998. Always one to argue with the devil, I studied not piano but guitar and vocals while I was there. That's probably a good thing, but not for any reason any but my closest confidants might guess.
Obviously, I have been away from creating music for quite some time. I'd like to take this moment to welcome myself back. I hope you enjoy my music, and I hope I am blessed with many more songs in the future.
This is me.
Sincerely, Susan
