Sunday - went to my daughter's work for Sunday brunch. Ate too much. Picked up some groceries. Watched the football game.
Sunday - audition for Cal State Fullerton jazz studies department.
Shit, I wrote grants the whole weekend. Like 7 am to midnight every day. I just stopped for tonight and it is 2:30 am. I guess we need to eliminate those research careers and get serious about curing diseases.
Yes. It was 11:30 PM here. All of that happened before I posted.TODAY is Sunday..you already did this?
Not sure. I showed up prepared...the other guitar players auditioning before and after me were all kids with solid body electrics who really didn't know the style and didn't read the audition requirements posted on the website. I was the only one who had a prepared etude to play for them, for instance and was able to play the melody, improvise on the changes and comp for the piano teacher while he was soloing. The auditions I overheard in the hallway were all missing most of that and ran a lot shorter than mine. I played as well as I could have (I WAS a little nervous) but of all things bombed the sight reading bit which wasn't on the audition requirements but should have been easy for me. I did well in the interview part but kind of got a feeling that they might not have a place for me in the large ensembles. I don't know. I left feeling a little unsettled.So how'd it go?
Not sure. I showed up prepared...the other guitar players auditioning before and after me were all kids with solid body electrics who really didn't know the style and didn't read the audition requirements posted on the website. I was the only one who had a prepared etude to play for them, for instance and was able to play the melody, improvise on the changes and comp for the piano teacher while he was soloing. The auditions I overheard in the hallway were all missing most of that and ran a lot shorter than mine. I played as well as I could have (I WAS a little nervous) but of all things bombed the sight reading bit which wasn't on the audition requirements but should have been easy for me. I did well in the interview part but kind of got a feeling that they might not have a place for me in the large ensembles. I don't know. I left feeling a little unsettled.