A samurai should at all times consider himself as dead.

[nezumi_nei]

I'm in. Passed the audition and the theory test, school starts in September. First at the local community college, then transfering to a more reputable university after two years (up here in Canadistan college and university are two different things). Now I catch up on sleep that I missed due to entirely too much practicing. I've set my alarm clock

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Yay

[copa]

Woohoo! Go Nei!!!!

[meepkitty]

And, you are awesome! *hughughug*

[nezumi_nei]

Not that awesome... as my pseudo-dad put it, it was lucky I had skin on my teeth. Barely made it, and they recommended i think seriously of taking their year-long basic musicianship course. I didn't really argue, but explained my reasoning on wanting to just go for it (time).

I didn't bother telling them that I've only been playing the oboe seriously for like... four months or so. And that I hadn't studied for the theory test aside from reviewing the names of the notes in a scale (like tonic, dominant, mediant, all that crap).

[rechan]

ARe you teaching or a student?

[nezumi_nei]

Certainly not ready to teach oboe, and no credentials for clarinet (or really lots in the way of skill, either). I'm an amateur musician right now. I get paid sometimes, but I hardly deserve it based on musical skill. Entertainment is a different thing altogether though; I can be very entertaining, but my musical skill is only a small part of that.

It's study, and lots of it. Definitely a long road ahead to get to where I want to be. And crushing debt by the end of it, no doubt. But crushing debt and a secure source of funds and an ability to live on very little income.

[der_pudel]

Congrats!