Your Lie in April. After reading it here I am hooked now. It wakes up my 5 years of piano playing as a child, thank you <3
I might look at it later, but I was never a fan of that romanticized view of musicians who almost literally pour their soul into their art. I know that such persons exist, but as someone who grew up surrounded by people that treat it just as a skill like any other… it's almost alien. Here's a good example: I have played Megalovania from Undertale game soundtrack and it turned out to be nearly perfect despite being almost 150% the intended speed, played in one go and without notes. Was that some musicians rush? Not really, but it invoked a lot of frustrations at the fight where it got burned into my head from having it replayed over and over again when I was sitting at it, failing again and again against Sans. Here are the first five hours out of something close to thirteen hours worth of consecutive battles against him done by YouTuber Laura Kate.
If it wasn't for the explicit statement, I would have thought it came from the track itself. With regard to the storyline - for whatever it's worth - the main character is disenchanted from music due to the rigor with which their obsessive mother abused him over to perfect. To start, it's more of a story of overcoming PTSD to the tune of learning to appreciate music for what it is with a romantic aspect to it (the one who teaches him is a female musician his age). Whether you watch it or not is your call, but of course, I recommend it. :)
Ach, sorry. I know that's an unfair stereotype, that anime will always devolve to unlocking your hidden powers of friendship to kill gods/become the best/catching them all, but after checking a few clips from it on YouTube I was left with a vastly different impression to what you wrote. If it has a reasonably priced OST I'm likely to buy it though.I would have thought it came from the track itself.
it's more of a story of overcoming PTSD to the tune of learning to appreciate music