Ever wonder if...
   after all those crucial hours of practicing, and slaving, perfecting, breathing and playing, if when it finally all clicks and comes together and the music is freed from the mind and released into the hands and heart, if the pianist ever just stares down at her hands and wonder if it is really her hands creating that music? ... ( Read more... )

Camp Blanding wasn't too, too bad. I can't say it was anything I was expecting because I wasn't sure what to expect...I'm glad that I went, and that I stuck through it. Ah, I hope we have a good season. If this keeps up we'll be a competition band. When he told me that the guard and perc. instructor had a good point and that we'd be able to do ( Read more... )

Woo, July came! and went...Camp was awesome, I met a lot of really cool people, and I miss them all so much!! :) I'll go into detail about it later...Ocean City was a blast. Boardwalk, going to the beach, just hanging out...ah, so nice.
And now I'm waiting to leave for rookie camp...I'm kind of nervous but it'll be alright. I have my schedule for ( Read more... )

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 20): Although you might have been hard on yourself recently, now it's time to leave your value judgments behind you -- whether you were judging yourself or someone else. You have the ability to change your mind quickly when you get information that suggests you should. Now, not only can you do an about face (or at least a change ( Read more... )

Hm...here's a poem ( Read more... )

   It's been...quite the weekend. *Shrug* Friday went to school, then later on hung out...went to dinner, went down town then to Walmart to get my mom a mother's day present. I didn't get home until around 11, I think. 
  Yesterday I g ot up at 7am yesterday morning n just kept goin' n goin' until 1 a.m...I had to go work at the St. Francis house ( Read more... )

I'm listening to ragtime, should this surprise you? I'm just making a quick list of ragtime songs I must find the music for/learn how to play ( Read more... )

*Peers over the wall of 4th grade* Back to 11th grade?? *winces* I guess so. The weekend wasn't long enough...but now, it's time to face the real world. . .

Sustain emotion through reverberations ( Read more... )

Avoiding life doesn't bring you peace, Leonard. . .

(The Hours)