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notsocoldhearted

My heart 😭

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atoneindvorak

Musician Problems

Not being able to find a good recording you like because you prefer the way you are used to playing/hearing it

saramcclarinet

on teachers and lessons and fuck ups

Studying to be a musician is hilarious, because it forces us, esp at college age, to be in a very weird position. Like, we respect, fear, love, and sometimes have grown up borderline worshiping our teachers depending on who your teacher is, but also we sort of have to grudgingly allow our teachers to see us at our absolute worst. Like who in this world has seen you mess up straight up zillions of times? Your teacher. Who is the person you go to for advice when you start hating your instrument? Probably (hopefully) your teacher. Who is the person who sees you, at some point in your life, stumbling into lesson exhausted af, not put together in the slightest, and probably not in any condition to play your instrument? Your teacher.

And it’s really funny because a lot of the time, if you have a good teacher, when you actually sit down to think about how good your teacher is at their instrument and how much they’ve done, 99% of the time the absolute LAST PERSON you want to fuck up anything in front of is your teacher and yet… here you are… once a week… fucking shit up in front of your teacher and praying that they don’t notice, but they do, and they call you out on it, but typically they won’t punish you or be angry at your humanity either. They feel you.

The literal very first time I played for my teacher, long before he actually became my teacher, I sat there shaking and so fucking nervous that I actually could not play a C Major scale. C FUCKING MAJOR. I wanted the floor to swallow me up and I looked at him, expecting to die a painful death because I’d been playing for 8 years at that point and I should know, at the very least, how to C Major. He just said, “Hey, you’re okay. You have to understand that the worst you will ever play is for your teacher. It’s like that for everyone and that’s a good thing.It’s just part of getting used to the performance nerves.” I never forgot that. (still nervous as hell every time i enter a lesson tho, but i go into it accepting the fact that at some point in the next hour I’m probably gonna screw something up royally)

pianopianica

Good points, agree so much

practice-room

Such a poignant thought when I’m literally 2 lessons left with my teachers before I start a completely new chapter. Oh man

all-about-that-woodwind

Practice like your lesson is tomorrow.

where-is-now

Practice like your lesson is today

cabbageandcumberbatch

Here’s to all the musicians who are busting their butts and trying their best but still aren’t first chair. You are important. You matter. It takes time and you will get that chair. Just keep working.

heronfem

Gentle reminder that often creativity decides to hibernate for a bit.

It’s okay. You’re not broken, you’re resting, and much like spring, creativity comes back.

My recording of Mendelssohn’s Variations Sérieuses! Please like or reblog and subscribe to my youtube channel if you’d like to see more of my videos! I hope you enjoy :)

soyouwanttoplaytheflute

Good morning!! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEETHOVEN!

Google created a great game in celebration of Beethoven’s birthday! Basically his music keeps on getting destroyed and you have to put it back together until he gets to the music hall :)

It should be easy enough for music nerds ;)