I just got back from school, and played my friend, Glauco's graduation recital. He writes some really interesting music and big band arrangements too. A couple of songs were the quintet setup. So with one of those tunes, I really got to blow and play.. something I haven't really done for a while since I got here.
Did I tell you how much I miss playing?
Anyway, got some inspiration and affirmation today about myself, musically, when my head prof gave me a little thumbs up, on it. Needless to say, being in NYC, with the immense amount of fantastic players here, notwithstanding rhetorics, there were days that I really feel I suck real bad.. like I don't know if I'll ever be that good. So that affirmation at least still tells me, I may still have something inside of me... just need to hang in there, as a lot of people back home have told me. Not a pat on my own back, I just hope I still have some in me! Ahaha..
But I'm quite thankful, that I got to come here to QC, my mates have been nothing short of encouraging, a lot of healthy competition. I mean, our jazz program is really small, but most of the cats in the program don't have airs around them. If it's big, I don't think we can get that kind of camaraderie between us. Actually, I took some of them out for Malaysian food at Flushing after ensemble class.. I think they loved it... which is cool! Even my piano workshop professor, David Berkman joined us for dinner, and he's definitely a super-cool cat to hang out with! Will go and see him play with Marty Ehrlich this weekend.. Marty is a crazy cat. I'm waiting for a chance to see him and his band play. I haven't got much of his stuff, yet, but I've heard some, and it'll be interesting music too.. not your typical jazz kinda cat.
Okay.. enough wasting time on blogging.. gonna try to do and finish my arranging homework as much as I can!
Later peepz.
1 comment:
eh eh eh, take it easy with the word "cat", it's an old word that's not widely used nowadays.
motherfucker, i told u i see good quality in your playing all the time! you're just too self-conscious usually. if you let it go a little bit you will stretch even further! diu. now Mossburger finally reassured what i said to u.
fucker, dun belittle yourself just because you're not guai lou or hak guai, also don't belittle yourself just because you didn't grow up getting a formal training. none of those matter! like i've always been telling u: you are you, and no one can take that away from you.
biatch. happy for u. keep it up man. i will see u back in NY.
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