HuangKaiVun Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 What things get in the way of your playing? Nowadays, the only thing that really throws me off my violin playing are my school academic demands. Come test time, I'm a wreck. I try to maintain my equilibrium, but I can't do otherwise than grind myself into the ground in preparation. Even then, my level of play doesn't really fluctuate. However, my WILL TO PLAY is greatly diminished in the face of work requirements. What about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mu0n Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Myself. Time is not a constraint for me, at least not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the fiddler of dooney Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Writing.. once I start, I can´t stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 lately, shoveling. my arms get so tired that my fiddle feels like it weighs about 50 pounds. of course, it COULD be those gaspari pegs. oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beriot Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 I go to an arts school, so I have to play, regardless of time constraints and work. But playing for myself though, I find myself playing less and less, both for practice and enjoyment. I dunno if it's the territory of being a teenager, but it sucks! Most of the time, if it isn't schoolwork, it's always the little things (I dunno if you know what I mean by "little things", but just work with me here ). Just the other day I got to play some string trios with my friends.... the best 45 minutes of playing I had in a long time... If you think about it, it's sad, really. *sigh* All work and no play makes Caroline depressed . *wishes for longer days and shorter school hours* -Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_W Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Summertime, with open windows. I don't want the neighbors to hear my stuff. Not even when they're listening to hip hop at deafening volume levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Lily Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 I'm the same as you here, HKV. When I have a writing assignment due for school, I can spend a whole day typing or staring at the computer screen in deep dark despair. I feel as though I am dead, and it always makes me mad when I don't get to play enough. Even if the academics are valuble for me (and my writing assignments do turn out well), I resent the way they rob me of energy to even want to play my instrument. Another thing that gets in the way of my playing is posting on Maestronet. Although it pays back in the knowledge I get here. The only other thing is living in a large family. However, as my family could tell you, I usually don't let dishes or laundry distract from practicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlin Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 At gigs, a lot of times my good friend plays bass. If we're standing together on the stage, we'll usually end up talking & fooling around a lot as we play. That definitely takes something away from what I play! It's like we're little kids in the classroom...we should be separated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iupviolin Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 I'm just plain Lazy! I can never practice during the afternoon, I need that time for "mental" practice and other things. The best time for playing for me is after midnight. I don't know why this is, but I seem to be more aware of what's going on with my playing during the wee hours of the morning. Anyone else like this or am I just a freak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illuminatus Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 reports, presentations, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicaelaB Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Currently, a certain musical is stopping me from practicing more than three or four times a week ! I go to an academic private school and I have a lot of work. I need lots of sleep or I'm dead so I can't practice all night. I'm a little bit too lazy, too. I just signed up for courses for next year (I'll be a junior). AP Literature and PreCalc are going to get in the way of my violin playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 What gets in the way of my playing is spending 40 hours every week in a pharmacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jascha Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 The things that get in the way of my playing are my left hand fingers and my bow. My fingers won't move fast enough, and they won't slide to the notes I want them to either, and my bow won't bounce the way I want it to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candace Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Jury trials and Court of Appeals briefs. Those are both extremely intense experiences, and I don't do anything else, including dishes, cooking, cleaning, talking to people who aren't witnesses, or playing the fiddle, when I am in the midst of a trial or a brief. My dog barely gets fed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Work definitely gets in the way, but also the lack of a proper place to practise where I can go no matter what the hour. I think if I were to take up my violin when I get in from work after midnight my downstairs neighbours might resent it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txfiddler Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 12 hours a semester of college and 40 hours a week of work!! Plus a gorgeous wife and 2 lovely children!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JANICE Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 the things that get in the way of my playing are my music stand, the classroom door and the back of my teachers head! (It is a small room) Seriously,I am not a student but a wife, mother and clockmaker and if I do not play first thing in the morning I don't play that day, and to me that day is wasted. It is like not reading my Bible in the morning (just before practice time) the rest of the day seems disjointed, without focus. The Word and my violin, keeps me sane and productive. Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineman Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 We work 10 hour days, only 4 per week , but I think being tired of an evening takes it's toll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBaldwin Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Well, what gets in my way is my 3 little angels who LOVE to keep my attention in the daytime, my husband that I can't stay away from in the evening, a violin business that keeps me going in the wee hours of the night, AND pure laziness! But when I do play, I LOVE IT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Fiddler Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Out of town company gets in the way of my practicing. Recently I had out of town company, and finally told them I had to practice. The gentleman felt he had to talk to me everytime I stopped playing all about what I played etc. He was quite a talker and I finally figured out I had to be rude and just play and let him yack, otherwise I would get no practicing done. I hated to be rude, but he just would not let me practice. After that time, I would wait until my husband was home, and let him entertain them with TV for a while and chat with them (after all they were HIS relatives) and run off and practice in another room. Another set of out of town company came recently. One night after everyone went to bed I practiced from 10:00 to midnight. Another two nights I did not get to practice at all, and for several days after they left I was so behind in my household that I didn't have much time to practice. I hate to run off and be rude when we have out of town company, but gosh darn, there are a few things I need to do regularly, like practice, read the newspaper, pay bills, do a few chores, open and read the mail etc. Yankee Fiddler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushen Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 AP american history and AP calculus and chemistry and american lit work everynight err.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongHair Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Working seven days a week- no problem Doubts about my ablility- problem But the problem is being corrected. [This message has been edited by LongHair (edited 03-15-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viola Girl Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 I noticed when I was in a high-stress job, it drastically affected my playing. Now I am a supplemental music-history instructor, which certainly doesn't take hurt my playing! [smile] VG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fine Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 lack of discipline... since I have this, it seems to me that I practice enough... I don't [as Lymond breaks down sobbing] Oh... school is a problem, tennis, fencing... various "other" things. Sleeping and eating have got to go as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 The new little human I helped make. But I ain't complainin'. Rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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