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Although I came to this conclusion years ago, the main reason I went to college was for right now - and by right now I mean the circumstances of this point I am at in my life. I may not have known when right now would have been, but I have been more than adequately prepared for it. I feel confident that I will be able to help support a wife (and eventually a family) without sinking into financial trouble. As I look ahead to the busy days leading up to next May, this is really when the trying, uninspiring and overall negative college experience seems almost completely worth enduring.
After taking the month of August off from the music ministry, I not only gained four freed-up weekends and Tuesday nights off, but also a renewed passion for playing. After playing twice a week for months upon end, fatigue was becoming a poignant distraction that diminished much of my energy and emotion. Now I look forward to getting back into the cycle with a fresh outlook. More opportunities to grow as a musician are presenting themselves; however, said opportunities in the past have tended to be nothing but faint rumblings or projects destined to fail. Nevertheless, scratch-recording are getting me excited.
I am curious as to whether my periods of "musical fatigue" - inspirational "dry spells" and the need to walk away from the regiment of practices - are more a result of what venues I am involved with or an indication that pursuing music professionally is something that would not bring me the satisfaction I had always thought it would. It can get rough rushing from an 8/9-hour day to a quick dinner to a rehearsal and performance of an indeterminate length. I function best when I have an adequate balance of activity and unstructured free time. In my case, musical endeavors are one of those gray areas that can be classified as either regimented or relaxed.
After all, music can be both work and pleasure or it can be only one of the two.
After taking the month of August off from the music ministry, I not only gained four freed-up weekends and Tuesday nights off, but also a renewed passion for playing. After playing twice a week for months upon end, fatigue was becoming a poignant distraction that diminished much of my energy and emotion. Now I look forward to getting back into the cycle with a fresh outlook. More opportunities to grow as a musician are presenting themselves; however, said opportunities in the past have tended to be nothing but faint rumblings or projects destined to fail. Nevertheless, scratch-recording are getting me excited.
I am curious as to whether my periods of "musical fatigue" - inspirational "dry spells" and the need to walk away from the regiment of practices - are more a result of what venues I am involved with or an indication that pursuing music professionally is something that would not bring me the satisfaction I had always thought it would. It can get rough rushing from an 8/9-hour day to a quick dinner to a rehearsal and performance of an indeterminate length. I function best when I have an adequate balance of activity and unstructured free time. In my case, musical endeavors are one of those gray areas that can be classified as either regimented or relaxed.
After all, music can be both work and pleasure or it can be only one of the two.