Only one more day.
Music: Ambient Generation
Today was actually pretty good - Adam and I had fun going to Border's, Barnes & Noble, and then lunch. Knock on wood, I'm actually feeling a little better about break now that I feel a little more motivated about life. However, oboe class was a bit of a let down - I love how Allan must've really wanted to hear me sight-read those Ferlings...@ least I had fun xeroxing all of the concertos and stuff...anyhoo, dinner afterward @ Thai Pepper was great - it was really great to hang out w/ the oboists and talk oboe and music. I actually practiced for @ least a solid hour tonight on technical stuff, like the Vivaldi C Major concerto I just got (well, everyone since I xeroxed it), Hummel, and Beethoven. Then, my right wrist started tingling and hurting and my throat was hurting, too. Practicing downstairs in the hall by the G-lab is great.
If I can convince Mark, I'd like to try to take a stab @ that Berio piece that Allan and Adam are playing. I definitely need a musical personality, but I don't know how to define my like for contemporary music...I guess I like stuff that doesn't require a lot of extended techniques and that has a discernable structure. Tonality is preferable, but not a requirement. However, Allan said this piece is incredibly notey, so that sounds intriguing. For some reason, I've adapted this love of technical music. Don't know why, but I find it really fun. Anyhoo, I have enough to work on besides Berio. But, it would be nice to play with Allan sometime.
I've also decided to do what I need to to be a "professional oboist," and hopefully do it well, but will continue to follow my heart's desire and work on my project. I want this project to be as perfect as possible, so if that means working only one song for the rest of the school year, that's okay; @ least that track will be what I want it to be. Granted, let's hope that's not the case, but who knows? Even if I only have one track to show what I've done, even if it's not even my composition, that's fine. My hope @ this point is to have @ least 4-6 pieces done for an EP or something - I just think a full-length album is pushing it a bit, since I can't be in the studio for 5 days a week, 8-10 hours a day...unfortunately. So, I'll pay my dues, but keep working on my stuff and hopefully, it'll get me somewhere good.
Here's to one more final tomorrow, packing for the journey home, and not being an emotional mess...
Today was actually pretty good - Adam and I had fun going to Border's, Barnes & Noble, and then lunch. Knock on wood, I'm actually feeling a little better about break now that I feel a little more motivated about life. However, oboe class was a bit of a let down - I love how Allan must've really wanted to hear me sight-read those Ferlings...@ least I had fun xeroxing all of the concertos and stuff...anyhoo, dinner afterward @ Thai Pepper was great - it was really great to hang out w/ the oboists and talk oboe and music. I actually practiced for @ least a solid hour tonight on technical stuff, like the Vivaldi C Major concerto I just got (well, everyone since I xeroxed it), Hummel, and Beethoven. Then, my right wrist started tingling and hurting and my throat was hurting, too. Practicing downstairs in the hall by the G-lab is great.
If I can convince Mark, I'd like to try to take a stab @ that Berio piece that Allan and Adam are playing. I definitely need a musical personality, but I don't know how to define my like for contemporary music...I guess I like stuff that doesn't require a lot of extended techniques and that has a discernable structure. Tonality is preferable, but not a requirement. However, Allan said this piece is incredibly notey, so that sounds intriguing. For some reason, I've adapted this love of technical music. Don't know why, but I find it really fun. Anyhoo, I have enough to work on besides Berio. But, it would be nice to play with Allan sometime.
I've also decided to do what I need to to be a "professional oboist," and hopefully do it well, but will continue to follow my heart's desire and work on my project. I want this project to be as perfect as possible, so if that means working only one song for the rest of the school year, that's okay; @ least that track will be what I want it to be. Granted, let's hope that's not the case, but who knows? Even if I only have one track to show what I've done, even if it's not even my composition, that's fine. My hope @ this point is to have @ least 4-6 pieces done for an EP or something - I just think a full-length album is pushing it a bit, since I can't be in the studio for 5 days a week, 8-10 hours a day...unfortunately. So, I'll pay my dues, but keep working on my stuff and hopefully, it'll get me somewhere good.
Here's to one more final tomorrow, packing for the journey home, and not being an emotional mess...
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