I'm super excited to be going home for a week to do so many music things. Because of all the awesome music things happening, I've been doing a lot of prep work, mostly research and practicing. The practicing is obviously necessary, but research? The same way you need to understand the context of a piece … Continue reading Pre-Michigan Prep and Edgar Varese
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Self-Identifying as a Musician
This week I realized that I hadn't read a book in over a week. This will shock people that know me well, (especially my parents, who routinely had to take my book away so I would sleep as a child). I was the person always lugging around at least one book, usually a … Continue reading Self-Identifying as a Musician
Happy New Year’s Eve! (or obligatory reflection on the past year)
I thought that after finishing the Dec. 1 deadline applications, I would have all this free time to clean my apartment, blog, practice, and be a generally productive human being. That is totally not how it turned out. The laundry that had piled up did not get washed all at once, but I instead washed … Continue reading Happy New Year’s Eve! (or obligatory reflection on the past year)
Books
While I love music, it's the other things in my life that keep me sane and give me perspective. One of those things is books. I love books, the stories, the characters, the imaginary land that it all happens in. Reading fiction is becoming a lost, what is the point of stories that aren't even … Continue reading Books
Working day for a musician
I've been thinking recently about work. What kind of work do I want to be doing? This is a multi-level question. Right now, I work 25ish hours a week at a day job which is entirely unrelated to the arts or music at all. I think it's time to find a better gig, and I … Continue reading Working day for a musician
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