Klarinet Archive - Posting 000258.txt from 1995/12

From: niethamer@-----.BITNET
Subj: burn out
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 21:21:18 -0500

Juliek@-----.org wrote:

> In a message dated 95-12-04 21:11:58 EST, you write: when you reach the
> point that you don't even want to pick up the clarinet some days, how do
> you deal with it.
>
> 1.Go to a music store and buy a new CD of a clarinetist or a
> piece you don't know very well.
> 2.Listen to it a few times while relaxing and/or reading.
> 3.Find a new piece of music to mess around with.
> 4.Get together with a friend and play some duets.

Nick Winkler added:

>> If you're still in a rut on the third day, pull out your most beloved
>> work for clarinet and play it with all the emotion you can, preferably
>> late at night with the windows open.

> This assumes that your life is otherwise dull, and you want to meet your
> neighbors! :)

For myself, I take the day off. No point beating a dead horse.
Apparently, there is life after clarinet (not *KLARINET*!!)

David Niethamer