Horn Lessons and the Coming of Spring

I had a horn lesson yesterday for the first time in about 8 months. I have been wanting to do it for a long time, but having the time and motivation has been hard. I think it is mostly the motivation I lacked. Anyway, I have been thinking a lot lately about the skills I am going to need if I am going to move to a country town. I will need the best skills I have to show to them that I have done something with my life since I moved away, and so that I have the credibility that I need to start my own musical things that I want, and not just be a part of someone elses. I have been practicing piano like mad, playing Grieg and Chopin and Rachmanninoff and whatever else I have to hand. I have piano lessons tonight, which I am looking forward to.

With piano lessons there are a few things I want to try this term. I am going to look into the suziki technique and see about taking it up next year. I would like to be able to take that back to the country with me. I need to be working on book keeping techniques, not just keeping track of who comes to lessons, but my own records of what they have achieved and where they need to go next. I want to try more movement and singing to get aural and rhythmic techniques up to scratch. And thinking about performance techniques. I need to think about the language that I use to talk about it, so that it is the most positive thing I can make it. It is a big stretch to go from a little room to a big piano on stage.

I have been to the gym yesterday and today, working hard on the treadmill. I am going to go today in a little while and do a few weights and walking. I was feeling pretty sore after the workout in the morning, but by the afternoon I was fine.

So my life for the next few weeks will be piano and horn practice, horn lessons, piano lessons, and the occasional shift at safeway. My stars yesterday said:
'A decision you make today will open many doors for you in the future, however don't burn all your bridges yet.'
Good advice it seems to me.