Yay I got a credit for my piano exam. XD

It seems the 8th of December is going to be when my AMEB prac exam for piano is. My teacher told me this morning and I kind of freaked out. She seems to be under the impression that four weeks is adequate time for me to get all my songs/scales/whatnots up to scratch. PFFT. NO. I need more time. Ugh. It's not that I probably wouldn't pass as things ( Read more... )

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Omgz. Ellen Kushner has an LJ. *adds* On a vaguely related note, I'd really like to know where my copy of Swordspoint has ended up since I lent it to Bob to read two years ago. Because I would like it back kthnx. Yeah ( Read more... )

Today was not the best day ever to have a piano lesson, as for one I had basically no patience. We worked on the same three bars for forty-five minutes. It was pretty much hell. For some reason I wasn't processing what notes I was reading, and yeah. Brain=not focussed. That really annoyed me, as I can, under normal circumstances, sight-read quite ( Read more... )

So today I had my piano lesson, which mostly consisted of my teacher telling me about her netball team and my teacher and her secretary telling me how awesome I looked.

Okay. Praise is good right? So why does it automatically make me worry that people are just lying and telling me what I want to hear? Gnah brain=screwed up.

Tralalalala. I am so bored. It's still two hours before I'll be able to sleep, and argh. Just argh ( Read more... )

Sometimes I'd really like to be able to transfer some of the elements from hardcore/emo/metal/whatever they're calling it these days into piano music. I've tried with some crazy replica chords of what's actually in some of the songs, but it's kinda useless. It just doesn't work. It's not like the concept was completely plausible to start with ( Read more... )

This year, I'm going to practise piano properly. As in, every day of the week and not just when by chance I remember to do so. But! Because I am incredibly lazy, I really don't know how long it is appropriate to practise for each day, you know, without killing ones hands. Normally I do the bare minimum, or 45 minutes if I'm feeling really motivated ( Read more... )

Okay, firstly, wtf? I freak out about failing linguistics all semester, and apparently, still manage to pass both my mid-semester's for those two subjects. WTF BRAIN, WTF ( Read more... )