Just as a random side note- I always like reading your posts... you make me think about a lot of stuff that I don't normally and I like your perspectives on things. :-)
Thanks. I take a risk each time I put my thoughts out there, so it's always great to hear when my friends enjoyed them.
Thinking about how far I've come musically since the begining of high school really put things in perspective. I'm in awe of how far you've come as well.
:-) Thanks. It is true though that without that passion to get a high chair in honor bands, we may not have gotten this far at all. I appreciate the compliment, but it is staggering to think of how far I've yet to go just to "keep up" with everyone, ya know?
(But I do think Jermaine maybe was a bit too much about the honor band thing, if you know what I mean) But the other thing to consider is that you can be the first chair in ASYO for years, and not make it even into the first chair section in All State because not everyone from the state auditions for ASYO or local groups like that. The competition for All State is much more intense than anything was around here. ^_^
Oh! Other news, I'm selling my old Yamaha and I just might get enough money for it to buy a Buffet A clarinet! (Used, but still quite good) ::jumps up and down excitedly:: Wish me luck and check my stuff out on eBay, if for nothing more than shits and giggles.
That's such a profound way of looking at things. I'm not sure, though, that you mightn't be here anyway, Dan. Sometimes, things just happen to you. I don't really believe in destiny, but I'm pretty firm about the way that sometimes an outcome just wants to happen. The universe needed you here, for some reason, and I'm sure you'll find out what that is in the next three and a quarter years if you haven't already
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Maybe I found my place at NU, and in hindsight certainly it couldn't have been anywhere else (except maaaybe UMich) but I was also lucky. Luck deriving from either statistics or a higher purpose grand design benevolent Being. The good news is I did achieve successes early on, but then again there was the drama aspect, so I still might have turned away. Several extremely talented musicians from high school did precisely that: closed their oboe and viola cases for the last time and began a lit or mechanical engineering major at Harvard or GA Tech. The truth is that it wasn't really all-state that got me here, it was meeting Ted; all-state merely brought me closer to him. I give Ted all the credit. His way of doing things appealed to me. His intelligence and reason. His soft suggestions. His practicality. His virtuosity. If I couldn't become something resembling what Ted represents, I would turn in my mouthpiece right now and do something more dignified than honk on a piece of wood in a tuxedo for a living
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Thinking about how far I've come musically since the begining of high school really put things in perspective. I'm in awe of how far you've come as well.
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(But I do think Jermaine maybe was a bit too much about the honor band thing, if you know what I mean) But the other thing to consider is that you can be the first chair in ASYO for years, and not make it even into the first chair section in All State because not everyone from the state auditions for ASYO or local groups like that. The competition for All State is much more intense than anything was around here. ^_^
Oh! Other news, I'm selling my old Yamaha and I just might get enough money for it to buy a Buffet A clarinet! (Used, but still quite good) ::jumps up and down excitedly:: Wish me luck and check my stuff out on eBay, if for nothing more than shits and giggles.
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