Pre-semester worries

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So, I’m signed up at HCC for music classes!!! Currently these are just a few of the worries burbling through my mind.
What do I wear?
How oh how will I ever be able to drive there so early in the morning?!
Will the textbook that I ordered ever show up?
Do I have to chase the f-ing thing down?
Will Dr. Composition accept me as a student?
I will have to meet with Dr. Voice to be assigned a teacher, oh dear oh dear

I suggested to Dr. Composition that I could treat this as an independent study and submit lessons as blog entries and/or Youtube videos. I made a list of possible projects. Clearly this list could occupy me for the next 5 years. I always aim too high and then feel disappointed. I can already feel the burn of shame! Well, I figured, try to work on this list over the summer and see how long each type of exercise takes. Do a trial run and see how much I can accomplish in a week.

Meanwhile, Dr. Head-of-Department says I should work on my bass clef skills over the summer.
And for my own edification, I should start singing again — warm-ups, breath exercises, just getting used to the sound of my own voice!

 

Here is my massive 5-year list

  • Go through the episodes of the podcast “Top Score” and write a brief summary of each; start with introduction. “This podcast series started out as a weekly feature on NPR… “
  • Go through the episodes of Hans Zimmer’s masterclass. Write a summary of the whole thing
  • Go through the episodes of Deadmau5’s masterclass. Write a summary
  • Other interviews with composers. Eric Whitacre? Our Lutheran guy?
  • Book on Bach My Only Comfort
  • Take music which I composed for my playlist of 8 No Man’s Sky videos, and write it out in music notation
  • Analyze music which we did in choir last year. ex. “Eternal Light”
  • Create new music and present it in Youtube video form. Perhaps one every 2 weeks?
  • Write a personal essay on music composition (what, why, how)
  • Take composition “A Cantata for Lent” and re-enter it into Finale

I need to think about what might be a good “end of semester” project. Collecting all the songs for the No Man’s Sky videos, improving them, printing out the music in Finale?