Now, for three months, I have been hesitant, I can't seem to improve. Sometimes it feels like stuart, my teacher, himself is mocking me, telling me how much I improved and now this long consitent line that neither goes up or down is there...
thanks for stating the obvious, very lovely.
I'm sorry I seem to be using this blog more to rant, but I feel so...
dead
musical wise
I know what I want, I know how to get there...
and yet something about me is scared, and not willing to commit.
am I scared of commiting?
I feel like I cannot grasp greatness the way I did last year, it scares me. My mind, my heart knows my current situation, it knows it so clearly, and I barely barely improve.
I say, "I'm gonna practice for four hours today!"
and yet, I end up practicing for only an hour, in which I get only half my minors learned and sounding like crap.
Maybe I just need stuart to yell at me, I'm gonna ask him to, if he asks me if I practiced, I'll say, I can't seem to commit to practicing, I cannot seem to have that desire to improve as I did last year, but I know I want to, I want to so much. So, maybe if you yelled and said all the horrible things I've been doing musically in the most rudest way possible it may help?
he might as well tell eman I'm going insane.
I truly don't understand whats going on, are there times when musicians cannot be great? I mean, be on the road to greatness? I'm not saying detours, like turning away from it?
Why?
Shouldn't we stay on that road forever?
I don't understand why i'm like this, why I cannot commit. I get to play Poulenc, a completely contrasting piece from Mozart, I could be in the Wind Symphony if I practiced hard enough, even CYMO, even all state, all southern
so why God? So why? why why why? Why to myself? Why can't I do it? Is it because I realized I'm a selfish low life? Is it that? My flaws that keep me from it? Do I not deserve to be a musician who can improve purely on love and dedication to music?
Perhaps God, it is all my flaws, now that I have realized them, is this the way of repentance?
by being so low and failing?
But you wouldn't do that God, I know you wouldn't. So why? Why why why? Is it because of my competitive attitude back in eighth grade? My head I held so high, my pompous talk of how great I was indirectly?
is it because I was selfish as a musician in eighth grade? the praise had gone to my head?
if so, please remind stuart to be overflowing with anger I do not know half my minors, tell me I'll never improve.
Let him yell and torture me with an hour of scales, boring exercises on the poulenc...anything....just let me improve alot within these last four weeks God.
Or perhaps it is because my pompous, big headedness is poisonous to the world? that I am to become worthless because o fit?
thats seriously not nice at all, when the hell with mr. a yell at me? Or stuart? I mean REALLY yell....
if only mr. acciani was whacking me with a chair and yelling at me for interfering with the academy...sometimes I wish that could've happened, I could have gotten fired up.
So why am I walking blind folded God, I know where to go, but I didn't realize there was a wall, can you take that blind fold off?
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Pacific Symphony review: Gershwins Greatest Hits and All That Jazz!
Let me say this first; my teacher is the coolest teacher to walk---
no not with funny bone joke...that was downright...weird...:].
But the concert? Let me sum it up in this
jazzy tributes to benny goodman, a pianist whose surperb but looks like he's playing with all his heart sitting on hot rocks, squeakage making the concert perfect [no sarcasm stuart], trumpets speaking in french...
:] unique, interesting, the imperfection I love so much.
Like I say, imperfection is what makes a concert remembered, after that horrible second where you screw up, how you get back up, its memorable, and inspiring, its a musical event that it just beautiful :D.
They started out with Ticheli's famous Blue Shades [I love that song], it was jazzy, contemporary and rather exciting. The clarinet solo, which was a tribute to Benny Goodman [A WONDERFUL jazz clarinetist], was played by my clarinet teacher, Stuart, who in my opinion would make Benny Goodman get all jazzed up :]. I was honestly surprised to see alot of new people, new bassoonists, new flautists, I like old crew! That bassoon guy [when I first saw that young bassoonie guy last year I thought he was cute ;D] isn't there anymore! I liked him...MUSICALLY!! D: it sounded different, oh old crew I miss you!
I saw a couple of faces I knew though, stuart being one of them, Amy Bowers, a trombone instructor from our academy [she was first chair!], ray the trumpet guy [i think he was first?] also from our academy. It was really nice to see them all :).
Anyways, then...the comic relief came. I know, I may sound unproffessional here, but I'm sorry I couldn't help but laugh during the next what? five pieces? The Shellyberg Trio came. They were wonderful...but well...
Mr. Shellyberg? I'm so sorry, I apologize a thousand times, but you looked like you were sitting on hot rocks . =(. you were a great great pianist
but, his movements, were REALLLLY distracting, even me, who respects people even if they are moving like a rocking chair...couldn't help but laugh...but I can understand why you are like that mr. Berg
They played Bernstein's Slava, I really liked the piece, it sounded so fun! And St. Clair being Bernstein's student made it more meaningful :) great job!!
Next was Rhapsody In Blue, the jazzy clarinet solo was played by my teacher Stuart, it was wonderful...a wee bit out of tune...maybe? on the high notes, [i've heard him play it before in the concert hall btw] but I assume its from humidity [he told me his clarinet got sticky and the springs go loose]. Which resulted from the trumpet soloist being out of tune in his trumpet entrance. But all in all? ignoring Mr. Berg's constant mistakes, it was a jazzy, energetic interpretation.
American in Paris, it had a few rough odd parts, I realized this was because atleast 95% of the people weren't the memebers of the PSO, it was the substitutes, so, I forgive them. But It didn't sound the same, pacific symphony, I noticed that, I didn't get that certain feel during american in paris, or maybe i just wasn't playing enough attention?
rating?
its an outside concert, its summer, humidity sucks, but still, there were errors that stuck out in my ears like sore thumbs...so I'm sorry and almost offended myself to say
3.5/5
i'm not experience in critiquing
no not with funny bone joke...that was downright...weird...:].
But the concert? Let me sum it up in this
jazzy tributes to benny goodman, a pianist whose surperb but looks like he's playing with all his heart sitting on hot rocks, squeakage making the concert perfect [no sarcasm stuart], trumpets speaking in french...
:] unique, interesting, the imperfection I love so much.
Like I say, imperfection is what makes a concert remembered, after that horrible second where you screw up, how you get back up, its memorable, and inspiring, its a musical event that it just beautiful :D.
They started out with Ticheli's famous Blue Shades [I love that song], it was jazzy, contemporary and rather exciting. The clarinet solo, which was a tribute to Benny Goodman [A WONDERFUL jazz clarinetist], was played by my clarinet teacher, Stuart, who in my opinion would make Benny Goodman get all jazzed up :]. I was honestly surprised to see alot of new people, new bassoonists, new flautists, I like old crew! That bassoon guy [when I first saw that young bassoonie guy last year I thought he was cute ;D] isn't there anymore! I liked him...MUSICALLY!! D: it sounded different, oh old crew I miss you!
I saw a couple of faces I knew though, stuart being one of them, Amy Bowers, a trombone instructor from our academy [she was first chair!], ray the trumpet guy [i think he was first?] also from our academy. It was really nice to see them all :).
Anyways, then...the comic relief came. I know, I may sound unproffessional here, but I'm sorry I couldn't help but laugh during the next what? five pieces? The Shellyberg Trio came. They were wonderful...but well...
Mr. Shellyberg? I'm so sorry, I apologize a thousand times, but you looked like you were sitting on hot rocks . =(. you were a great great pianist
but, his movements, were REALLLLY distracting, even me, who respects people even if they are moving like a rocking chair...couldn't help but laugh...but I can understand why you are like that mr. Berg
They played Bernstein's Slava, I really liked the piece, it sounded so fun! And St. Clair being Bernstein's student made it more meaningful :) great job!!
Next was Rhapsody In Blue, the jazzy clarinet solo was played by my teacher Stuart, it was wonderful...a wee bit out of tune...maybe? on the high notes, [i've heard him play it before in the concert hall btw] but I assume its from humidity [he told me his clarinet got sticky and the springs go loose]. Which resulted from the trumpet soloist being out of tune in his trumpet entrance. But all in all? ignoring Mr. Berg's constant mistakes, it was a jazzy, energetic interpretation.
American in Paris, it had a few rough odd parts, I realized this was because atleast 95% of the people weren't the memebers of the PSO, it was the substitutes, so, I forgive them. But It didn't sound the same, pacific symphony, I noticed that, I didn't get that certain feel during american in paris, or maybe i just wasn't playing enough attention?
rating?
its an outside concert, its summer, humidity sucks, but still, there were errors that stuck out in my ears like sore thumbs...so I'm sorry and almost offended myself to say
3.5/5
i'm not experience in critiquing
Friday, July 20, 2007
An Academy divided
Dear Mr. Acciani,
I apologize so very much if this letter troubles, or even insults the academy in anyway, but I have found a certain flaw that seems to stick out. I know, the academy just started, I should be giving you time, but when the instrumental division of the academy flourishes, I wonder about the other two divisions; drama and choir.
I'm not saying that you aren't doing a good job with the academy, you are. I know that you are working hard but I worry about the other divisions. I don't feel that the focus is being distributed evenly throughout the Academy.
Yes, the academy has just started, Mr. A, but that doesn’t mean that the academy should start off unbalanced. I have been told by an Academy recommended student that the Choir and Drama divisions may not even start next year. It confuses and bewilders my mind that only the instrumental division is being nurtured and the others ignored.
This flaw causes fear in me a little. My fear is that this problem will create MISCOMMUNICATION between the divisions. In my perspective, by launching the success of the other divisions a year behind our division will only cause hate, division and dysfunction.
I still remember what Doug Yeo from the Boston Symphony said to us back in Boston during the clinic, and so many other clinicians have told us, “You kids are the future of music”. We need to preserve not only music but the other fine arts; choir and drama. Mr. A, this isn’t a matter only for the academy but for the future of fine arts. For many years the divisions of the fine arts seemed to be competing with each other rather than working with each other. Isn’t the fine arts a source of communication, if we, the future of the fine arts are divided, how are we preserving the fine arts in the world?
I want our other divisions to flourish just like the music division, I'd be willing to help in this process, in any way. I want the academy to be balanced, after all, don't we all want to prove we're way better than OCHSA or LACHSA anyways? If you find a way to get the Choir and Drama more involved this year, tell me. As a musician I feel that the communication and connection with the other divisions is more important than the communication with our division alone. Why? One doesn't truly know his or her own fine arts unless they can come to understand the other arts around them. Thats my opinion in this argument at least.
if we understand the others around us, and know their problems. Can't it be applied to our division? Its beneficial to us also, by making us better people, to know how to communicate with someone who sees art in a different perspective.
I will be glad to be of help in any circumstance. Also, I have ideas to get them involved currently if you can't exactly ensure their success this year. I want the other divisions involved in the arts academy in someway. However, if the two divisions aren’t able to being this year, I don’t think its best you call it a fine arts academy until we do have all the divisions. Next year, if we do not have all the divisions, then we should call it the Music Academy until the others begin.
Yell at me, do whatever you want, but this letter is for the sake of the fine arts. So I ask of you to please nurture and nourish the other two divisions that are from the same artistic world as us, yet, they see it so differently.
Sincerely, your academy students of the music and drama divisions,
Lea and Melissa
I apologize so very much if this letter troubles, or even insults the academy in anyway, but I have found a certain flaw that seems to stick out. I know, the academy just started, I should be giving you time, but when the instrumental division of the academy flourishes, I wonder about the other two divisions; drama and choir.
I'm not saying that you aren't doing a good job with the academy, you are. I know that you are working hard but I worry about the other divisions. I don't feel that the focus is being distributed evenly throughout the Academy.
Yes, the academy has just started, Mr. A, but that doesn’t mean that the academy should start off unbalanced. I have been told by an Academy recommended student that the Choir and Drama divisions may not even start next year. It confuses and bewilders my mind that only the instrumental division is being nurtured and the others ignored.
This flaw causes fear in me a little. My fear is that this problem will create MISCOMMUNICATION between the divisions. In my perspective, by launching the success of the other divisions a year behind our division will only cause hate, division and dysfunction.
I still remember what Doug Yeo from the Boston Symphony said to us back in Boston during the clinic, and so many other clinicians have told us, “You kids are the future of music”. We need to preserve not only music but the other fine arts; choir and drama. Mr. A, this isn’t a matter only for the academy but for the future of fine arts. For many years the divisions of the fine arts seemed to be competing with each other rather than working with each other. Isn’t the fine arts a source of communication, if we, the future of the fine arts are divided, how are we preserving the fine arts in the world?
I want our other divisions to flourish just like the music division, I'd be willing to help in this process, in any way. I want the academy to be balanced, after all, don't we all want to prove we're way better than OCHSA or LACHSA anyways? If you find a way to get the Choir and Drama more involved this year, tell me. As a musician I feel that the communication and connection with the other divisions is more important than the communication with our division alone. Why? One doesn't truly know his or her own fine arts unless they can come to understand the other arts around them. Thats my opinion in this argument at least.
if we understand the others around us, and know their problems. Can't it be applied to our division? Its beneficial to us also, by making us better people, to know how to communicate with someone who sees art in a different perspective.
I will be glad to be of help in any circumstance. Also, I have ideas to get them involved currently if you can't exactly ensure their success this year. I want the other divisions involved in the arts academy in someway. However, if the two divisions aren’t able to being this year, I don’t think its best you call it a fine arts academy until we do have all the divisions. Next year, if we do not have all the divisions, then we should call it the Music Academy until the others begin.
Yell at me, do whatever you want, but this letter is for the sake of the fine arts. So I ask of you to please nurture and nourish the other two divisions that are from the same artistic world as us, yet, they see it so differently.
Sincerely, your academy students of the music and drama divisions,
Lea and Melissa
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Failure, low life loser of a loser
in probably 10 minutes stuart is going to break into a rant to EMAN [MY BAND PRESIDENT] about how HORRIBLE I'm doing, how I forgot pretty much ALL my scales, and they will laugh and laugh and make fun of me some more.
I can't believe what I've done this summer as opposed to the summer before!
The summer before? Oh my mozart, I was constantly progressing in the clarinet, I was getting praise, and just progressing...
and heres whats happening this summer;
I can't remember the fingering for high F
I couldn't remember Ab major,...or any major above 3 flats and four sharps
Nicki, probably one of my worst rivals yet...knows ALL majors AND almost all minors...
Stuart is at emans right now, which seems to be his best student, they must be laughing about me
my stupid fingers don't seem to move from the hand
This was the first time in a LONG time [ignoring the weber concerto issue] that I REALLY wanted to cry during lessons, when I said, "I...I can't remember the fingering for high F"
he looked at me like I was the fattest most unhygenic rudest girl in the entire world.
and at that moment I just wanted to start summer all over again...
I mean, I knew I had to improve....I knew that from the start of the summer, I thought I knew what I needed to work on...
but the thing I've been stressing over to people when giving advice was the very thing I should be yelling at myself about, I'm probably the most narcissistic hypocritical clarinetist to walk the earth. SCALES. Whats wrong with me!? always before all southern I forget all my scales
PRACTICE THEM ALL LEA!
If only I had punished myself with these thoughts so much earlier in the summer, I could've been better.
Enough about what could've happened, I still have a month to be best friends with that poulenc piece D:<
never ever ever again do I want my teacher to look at me like I was the most horrible thing to walk the earth.
here is my advice for today
so you don't have enough time to practice, don't look at your piece then, practice long tones and scales and maybe an etude, thats under an hour, you'll have time to do whatever else you want to do...
and most importantly....
to be a great musician?
BE YOUR OWN TEACHER
maybe I won't go to piano lessons today...I dunno....
:(
I can't believe what I've done this summer as opposed to the summer before!
The summer before? Oh my mozart, I was constantly progressing in the clarinet, I was getting praise, and just progressing...
and heres whats happening this summer;
I can't remember the fingering for high F
I couldn't remember Ab major,...or any major above 3 flats and four sharps
Nicki, probably one of my worst rivals yet...knows ALL majors AND almost all minors...
Stuart is at emans right now, which seems to be his best student, they must be laughing about me
my stupid fingers don't seem to move from the hand
This was the first time in a LONG time [ignoring the weber concerto issue] that I REALLY wanted to cry during lessons, when I said, "I...I can't remember the fingering for high F"
he looked at me like I was the fattest most unhygenic rudest girl in the entire world.
and at that moment I just wanted to start summer all over again...
I mean, I knew I had to improve....I knew that from the start of the summer, I thought I knew what I needed to work on...
but the thing I've been stressing over to people when giving advice was the very thing I should be yelling at myself about, I'm probably the most narcissistic hypocritical clarinetist to walk the earth. SCALES. Whats wrong with me!? always before all southern I forget all my scales
PRACTICE THEM ALL LEA!
If only I had punished myself with these thoughts so much earlier in the summer, I could've been better.
Enough about what could've happened, I still have a month to be best friends with that poulenc piece D:<
never ever ever again do I want my teacher to look at me like I was the most horrible thing to walk the earth.
here is my advice for today
so you don't have enough time to practice, don't look at your piece then, practice long tones and scales and maybe an etude, thats under an hour, you'll have time to do whatever else you want to do...
and most importantly....
to be a great musician?
BE YOUR OWN TEACHER
maybe I won't go to piano lessons today...I dunno....
:(
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Sonata nr 3; Allegro Con Spirito for Chaz :D
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAZ
this IS a musical even...why?
Chaz is...
-A GREAT conductor...or so his friendly commenter friendly people say on his myspace
-One of the greatest musicians I have ever met
-A really aesome friend whose way too musical for me...
-psh no way chaz, I'm ten times more musical...jk...you just make me feel less superior in music craziness >0> but you're awesomely awesome for that o_O
Like he'll read this...unless he found out about my blog >_>;...
I'll be posting my blog link on myspace anyways...
I'll do this on blogs, the whole birthday musicalness if you're musical enough :D.
So today he turns 14, I can't believe you're younger than me by like 3 months >_> you're super tall!
Anyways, you all better remember this guy :D he's like gonna be THE bernstein, NOT DUDAMEL D: once chaz goes off debuting he'll be the talk of...
....the musical world
D: and I'll be sad because I won't >.>;.
Chaz, I apologize for not having you're present ready in time, I thought of it while watching the L.A phil x], but I'm consulting in what format it should be in...comic...or just piccer...
But today, I just want to say, you're a realllyyy great clarinetist, musician, guy...person. And a friend =D so let your 14th year be full of...you playing 14 symphones...ten by mahler and four by tchaikovsky...
wow I'm just rambling on, I really dunno what to say :). But I swear there better be a day where EVERYONE is talking about you, orchestras are fighting for you to conduct them :D you'll be remembered most likely. DON'T CHANGE! so you're 14 D:< doesn't mean you have ot be COOOOL...well
you are cool though :). Haha, no matter what, if I'm in an orch you're conducting, I PROMISE i'll stalk you like I did at all southern, try beating you...well in this case making you make us play ravel x). Just watch, the whole orchestra won't come for a rehearsal because you won't play it, don't worry I'll be there thoguh =D even though those losers aren't x). But if you DO decide to play ravel tell me =D I make the COOLEST interpretations so its not boring :). Be better than dudamel some day x)
I feel really stupid but it must be that blueberry muffin, blueberry white iced tea, those 56 RUE LEPIC REEDS [I'd send them to you but they are 3.5 and 4 :)]....
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY! x) I hope you have a wonderful year :] BY GETTING INTO ALL STATE AND ALL SOUTHERN! :D
READ D: Its long but its because I'm listening to american in paris....and just had an intake of alot of sugar [But don't I ALWAYS have that as a reason? well it is]
So happy birthday chaz =) you seriously better read this, I was supposed to break in my new reeds an hour ago! D:! now stuart will eat me alive~
READD D:
REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
or I'll torture you with BOLERO the next time I see you to the point where you'll ask the guy next to you if he wants to switch seats with you....I'm kidding =)
I hope I'm not being mean, the last time I gave my friend Alex a present he got pissed off at me because it was a club of i hate alex asian pigs...o_O;. I was frustrated that day...No one would tell me what mr. awesome i play contrabass clarinetist wanted...so ends the friendship
HAHA
YAY MY REEDS!
I WILL REVIEW 'EM SOOON, THE REEDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this IS a musical even...why?
Chaz is...
-A GREAT conductor...or so his friendly commenter friendly people say on his myspace
-One of the greatest musicians I have ever met
-A really aesome friend whose way too musical for me...
-psh no way chaz, I'm ten times more musical...jk...you just make me feel less superior in music craziness >0> but you're awesomely awesome for that o_O
Like he'll read this...unless he found out about my blog >_>;...
I'll be posting my blog link on myspace anyways...
I'll do this on blogs, the whole birthday musicalness if you're musical enough :D.
So today he turns 14, I can't believe you're younger than me by like 3 months >_> you're super tall!
Anyways, you all better remember this guy :D he's like gonna be THE bernstein, NOT DUDAMEL D: once chaz goes off debuting he'll be the talk of...
....the musical world
D: and I'll be sad because I won't >.>;.
Chaz, I apologize for not having you're present ready in time, I thought of it while watching the L.A phil x], but I'm consulting in what format it should be in...comic...or just piccer...
But today, I just want to say, you're a realllyyy great clarinetist, musician, guy...person. And a friend =D so let your 14th year be full of...you playing 14 symphones...ten by mahler and four by tchaikovsky...
wow I'm just rambling on, I really dunno what to say :). But I swear there better be a day where EVERYONE is talking about you, orchestras are fighting for you to conduct them :D you'll be remembered most likely. DON'T CHANGE! so you're 14 D:< doesn't mean you have ot be COOOOL...well
you are cool though :). Haha, no matter what, if I'm in an orch you're conducting, I PROMISE i'll stalk you like I did at all southern, try beating you...well in this case making you make us play ravel x). Just watch, the whole orchestra won't come for a rehearsal because you won't play it, don't worry I'll be there thoguh =D even though those losers aren't x). But if you DO decide to play ravel tell me =D I make the COOLEST interpretations so its not boring :). Be better than dudamel some day x)
I feel really stupid but it must be that blueberry muffin, blueberry white iced tea, those 56 RUE LEPIC REEDS [I'd send them to you but they are 3.5 and 4 :)]....
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY! x) I hope you have a wonderful year :] BY GETTING INTO ALL STATE AND ALL SOUTHERN! :D
READ D: Its long but its because I'm listening to american in paris....and just had an intake of alot of sugar [But don't I ALWAYS have that as a reason? well it is]
So happy birthday chaz =) you seriously better read this, I was supposed to break in my new reeds an hour ago! D:! now stuart will eat me alive~
READD D:
REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
or I'll torture you with BOLERO the next time I see you to the point where you'll ask the guy next to you if he wants to switch seats with you....I'm kidding =)
I hope I'm not being mean, the last time I gave my friend Alex a present he got pissed off at me because it was a club of i hate alex asian pigs...o_O;. I was frustrated that day...No one would tell me what mr. awesome i play contrabass clarinetist wanted...so ends the friendship
HAHA
YAY MY REEDS!
I WILL REVIEW 'EM SOOON, THE REEDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Promenade no. 1; shopping for reeds, lets all talk about 'em :D
'Ello everyone!
I had decided to make this post with the thought of reed shopping in mind. To be honest, I haven't gone off to the music store for a reed for atleast 3 months, I only have 2...slightly....playable traditional vandoren reeds...
and let me tell you, I have had it with those two lonesome reeds! Horrible, the tone is DISGUSTING. Although as I think about it, it might be my fault for my inconsistent practicing...
I've been wanting to try out the 56 rue lepic vandoren reeds for quite some time...probably more than a year I've been waiting for the day I could. But as this day comes I notice...I realize actually that there is a chance there is a diffrence in strength.
Now, the wonderful rue lepics are supposedly made with...I believe it was thicker cane. I use traditional vandorens, size 4, so I'm debating; should I get size 3.5? Or 4? Perhaps I can always go ahead and get 5 3.5s and 5 4's in individual packs to try them out...plus these people on this clarinet bboard are constantly talking about individual packs...
But I'd rather check online...although people say getting individual packs are better...i like 'em in the box :D.
Now, another I've been noticing is the constant argument about what reed a beginner should start with. I think back to those...horrible...nightmarish days of honking and knowing not a thing about the clarinet...ah...memories <3
so anyways, and I think. I had a rico reed put in my clarinet case by the salesman, but mr.a wrote on the board on likke the third day of Band, "RICO=CRAP" [at first I thought it was spanish for crap O_o;], so...I can't remember what I did with it, I played it until my teacher said something [note, my teacher was not stuart at the time]. He gave me traditional vandoreen reeds, I guess I could play, my tone was very ugly though. His brother, of whom was subbing for him [yeah I know subbing is an odd concept in music for teachers, this was at a music store mind you] gave me mitchell lurie reeds instead, saying they'd work better for me...
they did, the tone was too fuzzy...I know now that its purely because of embouchure, ricos [isn't mitchell and ricos like the same?] work ebtter for beginners supposdely....
but...my vandoren traditionals were a match for me made in heaven, why?
Well, on the day of my first seating test my mitchell lurie reed betrayed me and broke. :[. I am almost surprised at the rude comments traditional vandorens get, I guess I'm just used to them and have never realized that it takes FOREVER to find the perfect reed in a box [I've realized that only recently in the passed couple of months]. But I've turned out fine, if not wonderful in terms of tone [OKAY NOT WONDERFUL! My tone still needs alot of work >_>; sure its dark and sometimes has the virtuoso echoe or something at the end...but...its not there yet =D]. I'm also amazed at the amount of work it took for others to get up to vandorens and move to different sizes...
this is basically my span of sizes so far;
size 2.5; october 2004-july 2005
size 3; july 2005-I think january or february 2006
size 3.5; february 2006[[hey thats when my clarinet lessons with stuart started x) AND when I got my E11]-December 2006 [ =D ahh all southern auditions <3 miss it so much :(]
size 3-3.5 [constant switching, feeling uncomfortable]- february 2006- july 2006
size 4; December 2006 to present [july 2007]
Now I still wonder about it, I think I made the wrong choice moving too fast from 3 to 3.5, but I'm consulting whether or not I had 2.5 until like june or may then 3 until august ish, then changed to 3.5....but...well...
I wonder how I moved that first, was it sense of motivation that drove me? That doesn't even make sense...it could have been constant practicing of video game music, but of course that can't be the reason, that wouldn't really develop my embouchure...but it might have helped with endura--no, I had a horrible embouchure in seventh grade, scratch that.
But the reasons from 3.5 to 4?
-LONG TONES
-E-11
-M30 mouth piece, rovner lig
...I think long tones played the biggest percentage.
for students, I'd suggest starting out with mitchell lurie, I'd prefer them more than rico, but please ocnsider vandoren
because isn't EVERYTHING different for every person, persepctives, whatever!? Like the faces of mouth pieces; I had to try...like well what felt like 20 mouth pieces before I got the right one [consulting between that M30 and M13 gave me a real headache...or were they both M30s?]. Playing everything range involved thing I could think of to compare, mutteirng randomness to my mom, "Hmm, the response is better, but I don't like the high notes", my mom fussing over the mouth pieces not being clean even if they were sterilized---
shows we're all different, whatever mouthpiece we have, its individual, whatever reed, let it be vandoren, rico, xilemna, whatever, will give us purely our tone...
SO! OFF TO GET THOSE 56s! I'll just ask for 'em in individual packs xP.
I'll write a review on them, and a little something to my friend chaz, whose birthday is today :)
guess whats going on today besides chaz' bday? GUSTAVO DUDAMEL IS APPEARING WITH THE LA PHIL FOR ZE FIRST TIME! [i think??? iono -_- might be for thenew season]. Isn't that cool chaz? Its like God's musical gift to you :D
but its not from me, that'd be awesome...I'd be worshipped forever and we can all play ravel's bolero just because I'm worshipped and EVERY command must be listened to ^_^ [oh isn't that unproffessional?]
wish me good luck with shopping
I had decided to make this post with the thought of reed shopping in mind. To be honest, I haven't gone off to the music store for a reed for atleast 3 months, I only have 2...slightly....playable traditional vandoren reeds...
and let me tell you, I have had it with those two lonesome reeds! Horrible, the tone is DISGUSTING. Although as I think about it, it might be my fault for my inconsistent practicing...
I've been wanting to try out the 56 rue lepic vandoren reeds for quite some time...probably more than a year I've been waiting for the day I could. But as this day comes I notice...I realize actually that there is a chance there is a diffrence in strength.
Now, the wonderful rue lepics are supposedly made with...I believe it was thicker cane. I use traditional vandorens, size 4, so I'm debating; should I get size 3.5? Or 4? Perhaps I can always go ahead and get 5 3.5s and 5 4's in individual packs to try them out...plus these people on this clarinet bboard are constantly talking about individual packs...
But I'd rather check online...although people say getting individual packs are better...i like 'em in the box :D.
Now, another I've been noticing is the constant argument about what reed a beginner should start with. I think back to those...horrible...nightmarish days of honking and knowing not a thing about the clarinet...ah...memories <3
so anyways, and I think. I had a rico reed put in my clarinet case by the salesman, but mr.a wrote on the board on likke the third day of Band, "RICO=CRAP" [at first I thought it was spanish for crap O_o;], so...I can't remember what I did with it, I played it until my teacher said something [note, my teacher was not stuart at the time]. He gave me traditional vandoreen reeds, I guess I could play, my tone was very ugly though. His brother, of whom was subbing for him [yeah I know subbing is an odd concept in music for teachers, this was at a music store mind you] gave me mitchell lurie reeds instead, saying they'd work better for me...
they did, the tone was too fuzzy...I know now that its purely because of embouchure, ricos [isn't mitchell and ricos like the same?] work ebtter for beginners supposdely....
but...my vandoren traditionals were a match for me made in heaven, why?
Well, on the day of my first seating test my mitchell lurie reed betrayed me and broke. :[. I am almost surprised at the rude comments traditional vandorens get, I guess I'm just used to them and have never realized that it takes FOREVER to find the perfect reed in a box [I've realized that only recently in the passed couple of months]. But I've turned out fine, if not wonderful in terms of tone [OKAY NOT WONDERFUL! My tone still needs alot of work >_>; sure its dark and sometimes has the virtuoso echoe or something at the end...but...its not there yet =D]. I'm also amazed at the amount of work it took for others to get up to vandorens and move to different sizes...
this is basically my span of sizes so far;
size 2.5; october 2004-july 2005
size 3; july 2005-I think january or february 2006
size 3.5; february 2006[[hey thats when my clarinet lessons with stuart started x) AND when I got my E11]-December 2006 [ =D ahh all southern auditions <3 miss it so much :(]
size 3-3.5 [constant switching, feeling uncomfortable]- february 2006- july 2006
size 4; December 2006 to present [july 2007]
Now I still wonder about it, I think I made the wrong choice moving too fast from 3 to 3.5, but I'm consulting whether or not I had 2.5 until like june or may then 3 until august ish, then changed to 3.5....but...well...
I wonder how I moved that first, was it sense of motivation that drove me? That doesn't even make sense...it could have been constant practicing of video game music, but of course that can't be the reason, that wouldn't really develop my embouchure...but it might have helped with endura--no, I had a horrible embouchure in seventh grade, scratch that.
But the reasons from 3.5 to 4?
-LONG TONES
-E-11
-M30 mouth piece, rovner lig
...I think long tones played the biggest percentage.
for students, I'd suggest starting out with mitchell lurie, I'd prefer them more than rico, but please ocnsider vandoren
because isn't EVERYTHING different for every person, persepctives, whatever!? Like the faces of mouth pieces; I had to try...like well what felt like 20 mouth pieces before I got the right one [consulting between that M30 and M13 gave me a real headache...or were they both M30s?]. Playing everything range involved thing I could think of to compare, mutteirng randomness to my mom, "Hmm, the response is better, but I don't like the high notes", my mom fussing over the mouth pieces not being clean even if they were sterilized---
shows we're all different, whatever mouthpiece we have, its individual, whatever reed, let it be vandoren, rico, xilemna, whatever, will give us purely our tone...
SO! OFF TO GET THOSE 56s! I'll just ask for 'em in individual packs xP.
I'll write a review on them, and a little something to my friend chaz, whose birthday is today :)
guess whats going on today besides chaz' bday? GUSTAVO DUDAMEL IS APPEARING WITH THE LA PHIL FOR ZE FIRST TIME! [i think??? iono -_- might be for thenew season]. Isn't that cool chaz? Its like God's musical gift to you :D
but its not from me, that'd be awesome...I'd be worshipped forever and we can all play ravel's bolero just because I'm worshipped and EVERY command must be listened to ^_^ [oh isn't that unproffessional?]
wish me good luck with shopping
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Concertino in D; Getting to the top.
Okay, its final, youtube makes me depressed with all the talented clarinetist, but I'm so addicted!
I think I'm crazy, honestly? I really do, I'm CRAZY when it comes to competition. I have desire, determination, to get to the top. but sometimes watching those clarinetist...they make me wonder, "What am I doing!?". For example...
miss ecesu Sertesen, a fellow clarinetist on youtube.
Let me just say this, I admire her ALOT, she has this virtuoso tone, her style is graceful but its so strong. And her recovery from that squeak, I can never recover from that! On top of that, she's played with SABINE MEYER [oh my mozart I admire her so much!].
^her and her student [I think?] Julian Bliss. I absolutely love this :] I might get their CD soon <33 GOD i love how they are absolutely in tune!
I think its people like this that help us get to the top, the people better then us. Well...if they are willing to turn around and help us out, and inspire us. I think its these people. I wish one day to have people talking about me, more so than they did with Benny Goodman.
I know, its wrong to let my dreams go wild like that, but as musicians, isn't anything possible?
So for all those musicians out there, don't get discouraged, I wish just a minute ago XD! The people infront of you have people who are even better than them, don't fall down that huge mountain, let them help you :).
What I'm saying is, having someone to admire is a great thing, because of them, you can get to the top.
Yes, this blog is in some way pointless, but just to tell you all, I'm a VERY whimsical musician, I do what I feel...and thats why I have technical difficulties...:P..I seriously need to get a neckstrap >.>;.
Now, everyone, listen to alot of clarinetist, I advise so, and find someone who you can aspire to be like
omg...wait this DOES have a point
aspiring to be like someone
ah, but don't be them,, or you'll be marked as a copy, I ask you all this; aspiring to reach their level, to have a piece of them in you, to aspire to get a piece of their tone into yours.
listening to a variety of musicians, and having lessons, master classes, I think one will find a tone that is completely their own, like sabines...
I wanna have a beautiful dark round tone, but one that can inspire
:) so aspire to follow a clarinetist's footsteps, or anyones for that matter <3
I hope you all are doing well with your practicing!
I think I'm crazy, honestly? I really do, I'm CRAZY when it comes to competition. I have desire, determination, to get to the top. but sometimes watching those clarinetist...they make me wonder, "What am I doing!?". For example...
miss ecesu Sertesen, a fellow clarinetist on youtube.
Let me just say this, I admire her ALOT, she has this virtuoso tone, her style is graceful but its so strong. And her recovery from that squeak, I can never recover from that! On top of that, she's played with SABINE MEYER [oh my mozart I admire her so much!].
^her and her student [I think?] Julian Bliss. I absolutely love this :] I might get their CD soon <33 GOD i love how they are absolutely in tune!
I think its people like this that help us get to the top, the people better then us. Well...if they are willing to turn around and help us out, and inspire us. I think its these people. I wish one day to have people talking about me, more so than they did with Benny Goodman.
I know, its wrong to let my dreams go wild like that, but as musicians, isn't anything possible?
So for all those musicians out there, don't get discouraged, I wish just a minute ago XD! The people infront of you have people who are even better than them, don't fall down that huge mountain, let them help you :).
What I'm saying is, having someone to admire is a great thing, because of them, you can get to the top.
Yes, this blog is in some way pointless, but just to tell you all, I'm a VERY whimsical musician, I do what I feel...and thats why I have technical difficulties...:P..I seriously need to get a neckstrap >.>;.
Now, everyone, listen to alot of clarinetist, I advise so, and find someone who you can aspire to be like
omg...wait this DOES have a point
aspiring to be like someone
ah, but don't be them,, or you'll be marked as a copy, I ask you all this; aspiring to reach their level, to have a piece of them in you, to aspire to get a piece of their tone into yours.
listening to a variety of musicians, and having lessons, master classes, I think one will find a tone that is completely their own, like sabines...
I wanna have a beautiful dark round tone, but one that can inspire
:) so aspire to follow a clarinetist's footsteps, or anyones for that matter <3
I hope you all are doing well with your practicing!
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