Thursday, February 28, 2008.10:30 PM
Rehearsals
I felt more relaxed the day before...it was in zhang's studio and i slept well the previous night. Lips weren't tired (practiced 2hours before that), reed was not resistant at all, though slightly on the insensitive side.
Today...the reed (new one) was rather taxing :f for me as it was 15 cents flat - I had to clamp down on my reed more than usual. So, I approached the concert hall with the worry that my pitch will be atrocious and I am going to be so tired from clamping on my reed so much that I will not have enough lip strength to last long. On top of that, a book gave me the brilliant idea that simulating a nervous and freezing me would allow me to experience the worst case scenario, which would 'hopefully' give me less cause for subjecting myself to the psychological torture on the actual day since I'd have already been through it all. Well, I had my worst case scenario now. Let's hope it will only be better! *keeping my fingers crossed* :y
Also, I've been told not to practice too much. All I should ever do is eat well, sleep well, be healthy, maintain my stamina, and seek musical inspiration. But it seems I've not had any inspiration for a looooong loooooooooooong time, so much so that I suspected if I even had it in the first place. Playing band music does not help. Perhaps, I shouldn't blame it on the band music. It does have something to do with your musical upbringing since young, I reckon. By that I mean who started you on the instrument and the music you come to play everyday for the next few formative years of your playing. Bad habits are the hardest to kick and I'm still learning to unlearn it... :z
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