Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 1997/03

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: practicing
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 12:40:28 -0500

On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:
> b) our technique is set
> and much of our practicing is just maintenance and not actively learning
> new techniques (which takes much more time)

Hmmm - If I used this excuse in my job I'd be out on the street. I
"perform" on a daily basis (not on a musical instrument) and still have
to spend my own time doing research and practicing so I'll have a job
tomorrow. If I can fit 1 or 2 hours of clarinet practicing in I'm a
happy man. And yes, I consider myself to now be a "student" of clarinet
(albeit a real beginner, somewhere near 5th grade middle school ;^)

c) We have other stuff to do
> (such as families) which often cannot take second place to practicing,
> unlike students whose main priority is learning (practicing). So we learn
> to budget time wisely (we hope) and to prepare in advance for killer
> weeks.

I guess you're referring to full-time students here, but even then
many of my younger friends are college-aged and are balancing families
and jobs along with their studies (not all are lucky enougn to get
livable stipends). It's hard; hopefully their teachers can work with
them
in utilizing good time-management, too.
--
Mark Charette "How can you be in two places at once
charette@-----.com when you're not anywhere at all?"
http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet - Firesign Theater