March 2004
March 31, 2004 20:22
its been a busy week. i made the tennis team at school, but cant do it b/c its too much time. oh well id rather be doing music anyway. worked on my various clef reading today. practiced. boring.
March 20, 2004 21:19
my lesson today went pretty well. i told him howi was soooo sick of the stamitz and stuff and how it seemed like my playing was actually getting worse. it seems i need to take a little break b/c ive lost the joy in playing. he said not to look at the 1st mvt. until easter vacation. my intonation seemed unbearable at times. ugh. awful. well i mean, im getting better. thats what matters....just keep truckin away lol. but im starting this piece by Ernest Bloch called Suite Hebraique. I love it so much, so he let me start it. my theory teacher said i am good enough at theory to start composing....so maybe ill try it out. who knows....i got my fortune read my friends tarot cards(kind of weird but whatever)....the strange thing is, the tarot cards were right about me. they said i was a loner but a thinker, and very thoughtful. that i didnt have my priorities straight(i guess with SAT's....) and that i was cheap with my money....well....seems true. lol. gotta go to bed. its late. later.
March 16, 2004 13:40
i dont know what happened, but i hate my playing. i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it. its nowhere near it should be. my firend said this is normal and that my standards are just getting higher. i did about an hour on 2 sevcik exercises today. still, nowhere near wherei want it. i have to owkr on my vibrato and everything else technically. and musically too. ugh! so much work to do! this is the worst time of my high school life, with SAT stuff and viola oh damn. how am i gonna get into college. im nowhere near wherei want to be. i think its time for a major breakdown of my playing and a time of practicing incessantly. i feel like its not getting better when i want it to be getting better. that happens occasionally. ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. well, just makes me want to work harder. i can overcome this.
March 1, 2004 19:56
wow. i did 4 hours today, so im sooo tired. but it was such good practice. i did basics for an hour, then sevcik, etudes, and some of the concerto. it actually didnt sound so horrible! yay! lol. hey sarah a.! :). dont worry sarah, everyone goes through that time where they dont know if they should keep playing. i went through it only once but it was REALLY bad. i think i stopped playing for about 2 months, i couldnt even look at it. i was around 13 or 14....nadja salerno-sonnenberg went through it too, she quit for like 7 months. she kind of proved to herself that she could make it, and she did, so there. well im tired, im going to bed. later people.
March 1, 2004 12:42
i havent written in a while. i have so much work this week. i have to START studying for my SAT's...particularly the math part. woah....my teacher kind of really yelled at me for my playing on saturday..i dont think he meant to do it so mean, but it hurt. so i have to practice a lot this week because i want to prove him that well, i can play. lol. i am performing the 1st mvt. of the stamitz concerto friday, plus i want the whole thing technically perfect. lately hes been listening to just the beginning parts of each mvt. ugh. i should be practicing more....i upped my hours 4 -5 a day, instead of the usual 3 hrs. i have so much to learn. ugh!!!! well, i have to get to work. later.
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