Saturday, October 20, 2007

"Let it slide let it slide...I know it hurts when I say goodbye..."

It's a touch without feelings
It's a kiss without love
It's the faith that we're losin' and the truth that we hide
It's a tear without cryin'
It's a word with no sound
It's my heart full of sorrow and a lover left behind

Keep me from fallin' from fallin'...(you gotta set me free)
Keep me from cryin' from cryin'... (and now its clear to see)
I'm leavin' I'm leavin'...(that it's time to let me be)

Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come, let me spread my wings
It's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye...but the time has come
Let me spread my wings...it's time to let me fly


This last week has been pretty hectic for me, and I can't remember half of the things that I've done...midterms are this last week and this next week, so I'm a little brain-fried, if you know what I mean. My midterm in Written Theory is what is going to kill me...I just can't seem to get the hang of key signatures, minor keys and scales, and the circle of fifths. The rhythm is easy for me, but remembering the difference in time signatures is also killing me. I can't seem to keep single/duple/quadruple and simple/triple/compound straight...hopefully the huge study session tomorrow will help. And then I have the huge like 65 question test in Intro to Musical Life where the prof somehow believes we'll be able to finish in 50 minutes even though he wants at least 2 paragraphs for each question...yeah right! He's a nice dude, but he's a little nuts if you ask me.

And come to find out we WILL have juries for Freshman Vocal Seminar (the freshman version of private studio lessons). What? And we're getting assigned an Italian song this next week...not looking forward to that. I've never done an Italian song in my life. Latin, yes. Italian? No. I don't even like my own voice...so how in the heck am I supposed sing in front of a panel of 5 professors and have them critique the songs we've been "working on" (which we haven't really been doing in FVS...I've sung my song ONCE in the two months we've been in classes)? Oh well...time to buck up I guess.

At least I'm doing seemingly OK in class piano. I don't particularly LIKE it, but I'm not doing horrible either. Guess that's a good thing. I just wish it came to me naturally, but it doesn't. I have to practice like a nazi to 'get' things for that class. Still having problems with the 5 finger patterns going up the major scales (and now we're adding ALL the scales from C major up an octave to C major). Oh well. And now we're starting to learn the pedal...I have plenty of hand-eye coordination, but I can not get pedaling down to save my life. HAHA

I have two choir concerts in the next two weeks (they're within a week of each other...for different choirs). At least we only have to have like 2 of the pieces memorized. 2 out of 10 or 12 isn't bad. I can live with that. And our dresses are all backordered, so we have to provide our own all black outfits for the concert...NOT happy about that, since we're already spending $72 for the dresses, and now I have to go out and BUY an outfit just for two nights? Ridunkulous if you ask me. But whatever...at least I already have black character shoes, those suckers are EXPENSIVE. Worth it by far, but still expensive.

Ok, I should get to bed...Peace out, girl scout.

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Now playing: Joanna - Let It Slide
via FoxyTunes

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

"Let it slide let it slide...I know it hurts when I say goodbye..."

It's a touch without feelings
It's a kiss without love
It's the faith that we're losin' and the truth that we hide
It's a tear without cryin'
It's a word with no sound
It's my heart full of sorrow and a lover left behind

Keep me from fallin' from fallin'...(you gotta set me free)
Keep me from cryin' from cryin'... (and now its clear to see)
I'm leavin' I'm leavin'...(that it's time to let me be)

Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come, let me spread my wings
It's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye...but the time has come
Let me spread my wings...it's time to let me fly


This last week has been pretty hectic for me, and I can't remember half of the things that I've done...midterms are this last week and this next week, so I'm a little brain-fried, if you know what I mean. My midterm in Written Theory is what is going to kill me...I just can't seem to get the hang of key signatures, minor keys and scales, and the circle of fifths. The rhythm is easy for me, but remembering the difference in time signatures is also killing me. I can't seem to keep single/duple/quadruple and simple/triple/compound straight...hopefully the huge study session tomorrow will help. And then I have the huge like 65 question test in Intro to Musical Life where the prof somehow believes we'll be able to finish in 50 minutes even though he wants at least 2 paragraphs for each question...yeah right! He's a nice dude, but he's a little nuts if you ask me.

And come to find out we WILL have juries for Freshman Vocal Seminar (the freshman version of private studio lessons). What? And we're getting assigned an Italian song this next week...not looking forward to that. I've never done an Italian song in my life. Latin, yes. Italian? No. I don't even like my own voice...so how in the heck am I supposed sing in front of a panel of 5 professors and have them critique the songs we've been "working on" (which we haven't really been doing in FVS...I've sung my song ONCE in the two months we've been in classes)? Oh well...time to buck up I guess.

At least I'm doing seemingly OK in class piano. I don't particularly LIKE it, but I'm not doing horrible either. Guess that's a good thing. I just wish it came to me naturally, but it doesn't. I have to practice like a nazi to 'get' things for that class. Still having problems with the 5 finger patterns going up the major scales (and now we're adding ALL the scales from C major up an octave to C major). Oh well. And now we're starting to learn the pedal...I have plenty of hand-eye coordination, but I can not get pedaling down to save my life. HAHA

I have two choir concerts in the next two weeks (they're within a week of each other...for different choirs). At least we only have to have like 2 of the pieces memorized. 2 out of 10 or 12 isn't bad. I can live with that. And our dresses are all backordered, so we have to provide our own all black outfits for the concert...NOT happy about that, since we're already spending $72 for the dresses, and now I have to go out and BUY an outfit just for two nights? Ridunkulous if you ask me. But whatever...at least I already have black character shoes, those suckers are EXPENSIVE. Worth it by far, but still expensive.

Ok, I should get to bed...Peace out, girl scout.

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Now playing: Joanna - Let It Slide
via FoxyTunes

0 comments:

 

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