Last night's practise
What I learnt from last night's practise session: My time is more productive when there is a goal to be reached. In the past, I've avoided goal setting out of fear of stymying any sort of spontenaity, but...I work best when there's a goal and perhaps a wee bit of pressure.
So, how to achieve that when I've no actual deadlines...? Make some? That's one way to go, surely.
Right, so that sounds really obvious, yeh? If you haven't got deadlines, then make some - hallo? Then you'll have deadlines. True. I would do - only I think I work best when there is an actual looming event for which I must be ready.
Such as St Pat's Day. In getting ready for that, I increased my repertory such that I could probably go out and get short gigs on my own now. Such as festivals in which I've got an hour each day with which to work.
So...perhaps that should be my looming event - I can think of three festivals (two out of state and one local) to which I could likely pitch - providing I keep up the work I've been doing (and add to that working on a passable demo recording).
There's really nothing stopping me doing that, and in the spirit of this notion, I've decided to attend Tionol in St Louis this year. I've signed up for Brian O'hAirt's sean nos workshop. Most of my sean nos studies have been autodidactic, and whereas I'd never discount that as valid, his credentials are intriguing, and I think it would do me good. I've a few friends in St Louis and Mark and Albert will be going as well, so it isn't as though I'll be flying off into completely uncharted waters...
...but it is a bit as though I'll be flying off into completely uncharted waters. I've been wrestling with niggling doubts over my worth and future as a performer, and with this, I'm taking action that I feel will be to my benefit. Not surprisingly, I'm feeling those doubts subside a bit.
So, how to achieve that when I've no actual deadlines...? Make some? That's one way to go, surely.
Right, so that sounds really obvious, yeh? If you haven't got deadlines, then make some - hallo? Then you'll have deadlines. True. I would do - only I think I work best when there is an actual looming event for which I must be ready.
Such as St Pat's Day. In getting ready for that, I increased my repertory such that I could probably go out and get short gigs on my own now. Such as festivals in which I've got an hour each day with which to work.
So...perhaps that should be my looming event - I can think of three festivals (two out of state and one local) to which I could likely pitch - providing I keep up the work I've been doing (and add to that working on a passable demo recording).
There's really nothing stopping me doing that, and in the spirit of this notion, I've decided to attend Tionol in St Louis this year. I've signed up for Brian O'hAirt's sean nos workshop. Most of my sean nos studies have been autodidactic, and whereas I'd never discount that as valid, his credentials are intriguing, and I think it would do me good. I've a few friends in St Louis and Mark and Albert will be going as well, so it isn't as though I'll be flying off into completely uncharted waters...
...but it is a bit as though I'll be flying off into completely uncharted waters. I've been wrestling with niggling doubts over my worth and future as a performer, and with this, I'm taking action that I feel will be to my benefit. Not surprisingly, I'm feeling those doubts subside a bit.