Ok, so this week was kind of a wash. But even though I didn’t upload my video until today, I did manage to get my recording done on Friday. To be honest, it took a lot of motivation to get it done. I didn’t have a lot of time for practice last week and I […]
Oops I’m a day late! But I did record my video yesterday, but I didn’t have time until now to write a post about it. Honestly, I’ve had one of the worst weeks of practicing in awhile. Not sure what it was, probably a combination of lack of time and focus. I’ve just felt super distracted […]
As promised, here is my video from last week! Enjoy! Feedback is always welcome…
I’m lucky in that I get a four days off this weekend! So since I have a pretty strict policy of not practicing on my days off, I went ahead and recorded my video for week 11 this afternoon. Aaaaaaaand of course I left my camera at work! So I will have to wait to […]
What? Two posts in one day? Well, I’m feeling motivated and I have had a lot on my mind lately. This week I realized that I have been back at work for as long as I was out on maternity leave. I can’t believe how crazy fast that was! Slow down, time! Fair warning…this is […]
Okay, okay, I know I’m a day late. But it was either sit and work on uploading my video last night, or spend time with my family. I chose the latter. I knew I would have a little time this morning (Saturday) to do it anyway. So here it is! Week 12 video assignment! Sorry […]
So, you know how I was sick last week? Yeah, my husband got sick this week, so I’ve had no time because I’ve been constantly taking care of both him and my son. (Luckily my son didn’t get sick!) I’m going to go ahead and hit several birds with one stone with this post. First, […]
I’m not sure what I had, but I got really knocked down by some sort of virus this week. Like, out of commission for 4 whole days! Yuck. A nice reminder that sometimes we have the best plans in the world, but then life happens and it all goes out the window. We just have […]
About a month ago, I ran across violinist Nathan Cole’s blog on Facebook, more specifically his post about the “audition challenge”. I immediately thought about adapting it for clarinet! I’ve really needed some practice motivation and this seemed like the answer. I also needed the accountability, so I will be uploading my videos here of each assignment. It has […]
I’ve spent the last couple months since the navy band audition trying to figure out things. Do I want to keep trying to get into DC? Or should I just accept the fact that I need to focus more on my career in the fleet? Or do I need to even make a decision like […]
Sandy Herrera, Clarinet