a week ago i was pretty lost.
we got the tough news about the met opera closing down. i moved to new jersey. and i had trouble figuring out what to do all day long.
i was doing a little of this and a little of that, but i didn’t have much motivation. i didn’t have direction.
and i’m not the only one.
without all the normal deadlines of performances and auditions, it’s hard to feel the urgency to get anything done.
there’s all this guilt to feel like you should be doing something.
i was having the same problems. but then i got a few good nights’ sleep and thought a lot about how i wanted to spend my time. and then BOOM, the inspiration hit me. all at once. so i set up my practice studio, and made a plan.
i decided to treat this as the opportunity of a lifetime to dive in and work on a project. one single project (to start with) of making videos and creating resources to help people get organized in the practice room and be productive during this time.
it’s not the first time i’ve had to do something like this. i’ve had a few entire summers where i didn’t have a festival to go to, so instead i went home to live in my dad’s basement and dive into a major project. for instance, “snare drum summer” was when i spent the entire summer working on technique and learning études. i wouldn’t be the musician i am today without “snare drum summer.”
this can be one of the most transformational times in your life, if you so choose. it all starts with finding the right project that inspires you to get started.
so let’s dive in and make a plan, together.
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