ive got a school concert on wednesday and i asked my nan and grandad if they wanted to come(said yes of course!) but my aunty who i dont really see much said she wanted to come and watch as well as she hasnt heard me play or anythin, but she is a piano teacher with diplomas and stuff and im so gona mess up in front of her. OMG lol

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Feb 5 2005, 09:08 PM)

im so gona mess up in front of her. OMG lol

thats the spirit You'll be fine

lol. AND another thing. im playing an Einaudi piece and ive just found out she loves Einaudi too and OMG!!!

I echo Nathan's wise words!

Finnaly somebody gives me some recognition *head expands massivley*

You'll be fine! Imagine, you'd just play as normal if you didn't know she had diplomas. Think about how much you wouldn't play if you would out that 1/2 the audience specialised to high lievel in your instrument and loved the pieces!

Isn't it so much worse having to play in front of a musical audience than a non-musical one? Awful how things happen like that! Good luck Nat, I'm sure you'll be fine, and remember everyone will be wanting you to play well- your aunty won't be specially looking for faults or mistakes!

QUOTE (cecilia @ Feb 5 2005, 10:53 PM)

Isn't it so much worse having to play in front of a musical audience than a non-musical one? Awful how things happen like that! Good luck Nat, I'm sure you'll be fine, and remember everyone will be wanting you to play well- your aunty won't be specially looking for faults or mistakes!

yes it is!!! omg

*runs round like a loony bin* omg i gota go practice!

You''ll be fine, just image that she'ls not there.

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Feb 5 2005, 09:08 PM)

but my aunty who i dont really see much

Oh well, if you mess up you won't have to see her again anyway... But besides that, just don't worry and you'll be fine. You might even surprise her, and play way better than she would expect (tell her you're a Grade 0 before hand and then that way you can't lose ). Oh yeah, will you be playing piano or saxophone or clarinet, coz if you're playing saxophone or clarinet, she wouldn't be able to tell that much, and if you go wrong, just improvise as if you intended it to happen. Basically, just do your best, and then get ready to recieve compliments at the end... be arrogant, complacent and smug as every good musician should be!

im playing piano and sax. she knows what grades im doing!

she is a piano teacher and her husband and daughter play sax!! aaaah!

Looks like you're doomed then lol! Only joking! Besides, if you can play better than her husband and daughter then she should be impressed, and with Grade 6 piano and Grade 5 saxophone you should definately be able to impress her. There's no point in imagining she's not there though... a better alternative is that she's there and listening to you and faints from hearing such good music. Be confident in yourself! Anyway, I doubt she'd expect too much of you, and even if you play badly, she's probably heard worse... Seeing as she has a daughter and husband who plays sax, then she's probably heard Grade 0 playing before, and so however badly you do do, you can't do that badly, surely.

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Feb 6 2005, 10:48 AM)

*runs round like a loony bin*

*dodges the rampaging loony bin on legs*

QUOTE (Wobby @ Feb 6 2005, 03:45 PM)

Looks like you're doomed then lol! Be confident in yourself!

i am doomed- completely!

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she's probably heard worse...

i doubt it! i m just going to have to practice lots!


oooh get me with my quoting!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Feb 6 2005, 03:58 PM)

QUOTE (Wobby @ Feb 6 2005, 03:45 PM) Looks like you're doomed then lol!  Be confident in yourself! i am doomed- completely! QUOTE she's probably heard worse...   i doubt it! i m just going to have to practice lots! oooh get me with my quoting!

Oh well, if you can really play that badly, at the very least, you can make her faint from such terrible music! But preferably make her faint from great music, or you'll get into the newspapers as the musical weapon of mass destruction...

QUOTE (Wobby @ Feb 6 2005, 04:07 PM)

Oh well, if you can really play that badly, at the very least, you can make her faint from such terrible music! But preferably make her faint from great music, or you'll get into the newspapers as the musical weapon of mass destruction...

LOL. id love to be in a newspaper!

Then you'd better stop practising - straight away!

QUOTE (Wobby @ Feb 6 2005, 04:10 PM)

Then you'd better stop practising - straight away!

i have done!

You'd better say goodbye to your Aunt then, as she'll never want to see you again afterwards!

QUOTE (Wobby @ Feb 6 2005, 04:13 PM)

You'd better say goodbye to your Aunt then, as she'll never want to see you again afterwards!

hehe lol!!

well this is very encouraging. lol

So, what's your decision then? :

a) Play so well that you make everyone in the audience faints and you get into the papers as "The Greatest Musical Inspiration in History"

b ) Play well so that your Aunt congratulates you (but how boring would that option be )

c) Fall 'sick' and then take on a new identity

d) Play so badly that everyone in the audience faints from fear and shock, there is a massive earthquake, there is floods of rain, huge thunderstorms, a tornado passes through the room, and you get your picture sent into the newspaper as "The Musical Weapon of Mass Destruction!" and then you get shipped away to Area 52!

So, make your choice!

(Note that I must put a gap between the b and the ) to stop it being a smiley with shades - just a note before anyone tries to point that out! - I hate to be wrong!)

QUOTE (Wobby @ Feb 6 2005, 04:20 PM)

a) Play so well that you make everyone in the audience faint and get into the papers as "The Greatest Musical Inspiration in History"

i'd like that!

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Fall 'sick' and then take on a new identity

sounds fun!

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d) Play so badly that everyone in the audience faints from fear and shock, there is a massive earthquake, there is floods of rain, huge thunderstorms, a tornado passes through the room, and you get your picture sent into the newspaper as "The Musical Weapon of Mass Destruction!" and then you get shipped away to Area 52!

equally as fun!!! lol

lol, unfortunately, you can only do one of these at a time - that is unless you have a time machine handy... I suggest you do option d) first, get abducted by aliens, push the aliens out the window, use their UFO to fly around for a bit, take their time machine back to the day you perform, and then you can try out the various choices! For choice a), you can practise every day and then go back in time to the day (sort of like Groundhogs Day where he learns to become a master at the piano)! There are also many other uses for a time machine too...

a time machine......now thats an idea!

"~(Wõbbŷ)~

Just a note before anyone bothers to ask me - my name isn't Wobby, ok! Actuellement, je crois que le piano est meilleur! In qualsiasi modo, mi piace molti di altri strumenti anche!"

Is your name weally Wobby? Don't know what that means afterward except I noticed Quasimodo. I won't ask


V

QUOTE (Wyldbabi @ Feb 6 2005, 05:08 PM)

"~(Wõbbŷ)~ Just a note before anyone bothers to ask me - my name isn't Wobby, ok! Actuellement, je crois que le piano est meilleur! In qualsiasi modo, mi piace molti di altri strumenti anche!" Is your name weally Wobby? Don't know what that means afterward except I noticed Quasimodo. I won't ask V

My ability at languages escapes after: In qualsiasi.....! so I can not help

I'll tell you that the second sentence is French and the third is Italian... now you can go on www.altavista.com/translate and see if you can work out what I said... oh, by the way, it's not 'Quasimodo' in my signature, but an italian connective...

Wobby

p.s. Changed my signature order of words so it translates better!

the French isn't a problem but it's the Italian I've been curious about... knew it was Italian, but that's about how far my knowledge of Italian got me... lol...