I like how I went to college to be a classical pianist, and that is exactly what I'm not doing right now.

I didn't do ANY shows or musicals during my 4.5 years at University of the Pacific.

Now I do 8-10 shows a year, whether playing in them or Music Directing them.

I didn't learn ANYTHING about liturgy or church music in college, yet I play at a ( Read more... )

I am tired right now, yes, that is a fact. However, I am going to let my mental capability overpower my want to fall right asleep. I have quite a few things I’d still like to complete tonight, and on top of that, I’ve had way to little nights to myself to actually get stuff done, so I need to see that accomplished tonight. I am going to use “ ( Read more... )

It has been almost a month since I wrote my last public entry. I guess I have finally realized after over three years of LiveJournal I won't be updating three times a day any more. I can hardly even write a private/friends entry each week. I just don't have much to say anymore. Either that or I am just becoming much more in tune with my real life ( Read more... )

Hey there, everyone! How was your first day of 2007? Mine was fantastic-a great way to start off the New Year ( Read more... )

Today was definitely a cool portion of my weekend, and it's only about to get better. But first, today went down like this:

MORNING preliminary process (9:30 AM - noon): didn't do much but prepare for my day and practiced piano
JAZZ (TRIO today) rehearsal (1:00 - 4:00 PM): normally it would be a quartet, but Lucas was out of town. We're sounding ( Read more... )

Man, I can't believe I didn't update at all yesterday; I would have assumed there'd be some time when I'd update, but really it makes sense because I was another busy bee last night ( Read more... )

Today, in retrospect, was a lot better than yesterday. I've made some realizations on how I was feeling and actually fixed some of them, which totally rocks. Although there were the obvious low points, the highs surpass the low.

07:15 AM - woke up; took shower; had breakfast
07:50 AM - left for school
08:15 AM - school (chemistry) started
11:20 AM ( Read more... )

Apart from the end of today pretty much sucking in general, my drivers training appointment went extremely well. I met Basil--my instructor--out on Pine St. at 1 o'clock, just as planned. I didn't know how well the whole ordeal would go, considering last time I not only showed up half an hour late because of a miscommunication, but I wasn't even ( Read more... )

Today was actually a pretty awesome day. It was busy, productive, and very satisfying overall. It included the following:

+ a MINIMUM day at school (8:15 AM - 12:36 PM)
+ classes that were great
+ terrific conversations with Daniella and Mrs. Stuart about very important things ( Read more... )

Jazz ensemble rehearsal this morning was freaking awesome. Just as I expected, playing with an elite group of musicians versus our typical sucky jazz band is so much more fun. The musicians are as follows:

Charlie Madding: trumpet
Lucas Hopkins: alto saxophone
Taiki M.: tenor saxophone
Jacob Speer: trombone*
Jake Nunn: guitar
Chris Hewitt: piano ( Read more... )