Something I don't often post about

[jdotmi]

I miss school. Not in the going to classes doing homework suffering morons who should not be allowed into a schoolbuilding way, though. In the "I miss choir/opera workshop/voice lessons/piano class/performing" way. I also miss Music Theory. Yes, I am seriously deranged.

I sing along to everything. I try to put music in my car that I can sing with. Sometimes it's not always the case (such as me having all four Mediaeval Baebes CDs in my car right now) but usually it is. I sorta wish I knew more opera music so I could put that in and sorta kinda not really practice in my car. Of course, that would be problematic because I'm not a Tenor, nor am I a Bass. I'm more of a lyric Baritone with Mezzo-Soprano tendancies. :-p Yes, this means I sing 1st Tenor in choir and Baritone in my voice lessons. Yes, I am aware that that is the most fubar thing this side of Dubya's plans for world domination.

What sucks now is that even when I get back into school, it's going to be to finish my voice lessons, finish my required Music courses, and get a freakin degree already. I can't really afford to quit this job and scheduling would completely prohibit the possibility of me being in Choir at all. Hell, I'm going to have enough problems actually completing my required Music courses simply based on when they're offered. As it is I have a feeling I've forgotten too much of my Theory. I'll need to pick up books to refresh myself with, albeit I want to do that anyway.

So, here I sit, with a near completed music degree, doing tech support.

When I graduated from high school, I wanted my Choir director's job.

Midway through college, I just wanted to stay in college and sing in the choir all the time.

Now? No clue. I just want the farkin degree already. :-p I'll worry about what I want to be when I grow up later.

Comments

you miss theory?!???!?!?!?!

[eligrrl.livejournal.com]

one word that will make you not miss theory anymore...

WAGNER (and I don't mean the famous composer)

Re: you miss theory?!???!?!?!?!

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

See, even he couldn't ruin theory for me. I had ZIRK freshman year for chrissake!

[bearlover.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was the only deranged music nerd on here. Hell, I graduated in Music almost three years ago and am reading a book on CONTEMPORARY music theory. Now that's sick. I think what really makes you sick is that fact that you miss piano class ;)

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Hehe.

But see, I was really good in class piano and in my half hour piano lessons. That was sorta problematic, though, and had a tendancy to backfire on me.

Note to self: If you are a very good sight reader, purposely make yourself suck when the piano instructor makes you sight read in your piano lesson. Otherwise she'll know you can do better normally.

:-p

Probably would have done lots better if I had practiced more than just the hour before my lesson. :-p Not that I ever had anything particularly difficult to play. I was playing out of a frickin low-level piano instruction book for crying out loud. :-p

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[bearlover.livejournal.com]

Ha ha :) I never thought about that whole sight reading scheme. Here's how weird I am though. I used to practice the piece I was supposed to work on for the week and when I played it for my teacher I would stop just before the last measure and say "I forgot to practice that last measure" He thought I was serious.

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Heh. Nice. Never thought of that one. :-p

'Course, my voice lessons? Hoo boy. If I hated a song I was doing (or if it was in French) I would put it off until dead last on the list of pieces I actually learned.

That became less of an option as the number of songs per semester increased, sadly...