Currently, I feel that I don’t have sufficient time to practice my piano. I’ll feel totally lose if I never practice. Furthermore, next year I’m going for music audition (degree). Not only that, prepare myself for grade 7 practical exam & grade 6/7 theory exam. I’ll also need to concentrate on my violin, if time permits; planning to take practical exam. There is really insufficient time for me to complete everything. I’m working full-time job from 9-6pm.By the time, I reach home, it will be 7plus and after taking my dinner etc… No time to practice at all. I’m also worn out already. In the long run, I think I will lose everything. I’m thinking of quitting my job; find a part-time job maybe teaching piano & theory. Then I’ll have more time to concentrate on music. Right now, I’m in a dilemma & stress ‘cos I can’t perform to the expectation that I had set for myself. I just want to find the best solution to solve this problem.
Pls share with me your opinion. Thank you
Full Version: Dilemma For Music.
Lack of practice-time can be a problem for music teachers too, you know! I always find that there never seem to be enough hours in the day - and I'm actually a very organised type of person.
I used to play several more instruments than I do now, but with all my teaching and household committments I only have enough practice-time to keep piano and recorders ticking over, and to do about an hour a day on clarinet (which is my most recent instrument).
On the piano, I know that I don't play as proficiently now as I did formerly - all I have time for really is to keep abreast of all the new repertoire for the piano students so that I can demonstrate, and to learn all the accompaniments I need for the recorder pupils - some of which are far harder than the solo parts - most annoying! So I never seem to have the luxury of learning new pieces for myself or working whole-heartedly on technique these days.
On recorders, luckily, I play in quite a few consorts and ensembles where we regularly play some quite challenging music, so I keep my hand in without any trouble.
The clarinet is my newest passion, and I would dearly like to be able to play for longer each day - I have to force myself to stop, because again I have a busy teaching schedule and there's no time to do more. It can get very frustrating!
The advantage of being self-employed, though, is that you can arrange your day to some extent and so get to practice when you are 'fresher'. I do most of my teaching in the afternoons (at school) and evenings (at home), so I can practice in the mornings.
I used to play several more instruments than I do now, but with all my teaching and household committments I only have enough practice-time to keep piano and recorders ticking over, and to do about an hour a day on clarinet (which is my most recent instrument).
On the piano, I know that I don't play as proficiently now as I did formerly - all I have time for really is to keep abreast of all the new repertoire for the piano students so that I can demonstrate, and to learn all the accompaniments I need for the recorder pupils - some of which are far harder than the solo parts - most annoying! So I never seem to have the luxury of learning new pieces for myself or working whole-heartedly on technique these days.
On recorders, luckily, I play in quite a few consorts and ensembles where we regularly play some quite challenging music, so I keep my hand in without any trouble.
The clarinet is my newest passion, and I would dearly like to be able to play for longer each day - I have to force myself to stop, because again I have a busy teaching schedule and there's no time to do more. It can get very frustrating!
The advantage of being self-employed, though, is that you can arrange your day to some extent and so get to practice when you are 'fresher'. I do most of my teaching in the afternoons (at school) and evenings (at home), so I can practice in the mornings.
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| QUOTE (Rhapsodin @ Nov 4 2004, 03:33 AM) |
| It's a tragedy of our lives that full-time (non-music-related) work is so utterly soul-destroying and life-frittering to any creative musical person. |
That all depends on what type of work you do!
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| QUOTE (Rhapsodin @ Nov 4 2004, 08:33 AM) |
| It's a tragedy of our lives that full-time (non-music-related) work is so utterly soul-destroying and life-frittering to any creative musical person. Worse, you need money in order to survive and society supports only two ways of getting it - you suffer working; you win it on the lottery. |
Yup, I agree with you, Rhapsodin. This is a realistic world. We need money to fulfill our basic needs. Anyway, this is not my first job. I had tried to wake up an hour earlier but can't. Worse still, at night I can't practise at all 'cos of my family. They dislike classical music. I still trying to find the best solution and won't give up music.
Thanks for the encouragement, Rhapsodin & Jo.clarinet.
Once I can figure out which is the best way, I'll let you guys know.
Take care & enjoy your weekends.
Dear Rhapsodin,
"It's a tragedy of our lives that full-time (non-music-related) work is so utterly soul-destroying and life-frittering to any creative musical person. "
I strongly agree with this. I very much enjoyed your post and agree with what you have written. I am in the IT business also but only to pay my mortgage and feed my kids.
I wonder though if we would be saying the same things if we had a 100% career in music? Would we still play/teach/learn our instruments in our spare time?
All the best,
Craig
"It's a tragedy of our lives that full-time (non-music-related) work is so utterly soul-destroying and life-frittering to any creative musical person. "
I strongly agree with this. I very much enjoyed your post and agree with what you have written. I am in the IT business also but only to pay my mortgage and feed my kids.
I wonder though if we would be saying the same things if we had a 100% career in music? Would we still play/teach/learn our instruments in our spare time?
All the best,
Craig
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| QUOTE (Rhapsodin @ Nov 5 2004, 12:24 PM) |
| . . .I would no more like to run a factory operation turning out primary school musicians than I would a fulltime job in IT. . . |
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