Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2001/01

From: fpg <fpg@-----.us>
Subj: Re: [kl]Being a Musican, Actor, Dentist, Attorney, etc.
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 13:17:13 -0500

Neil, I can relate very strongly to your comments. I find it impossible not
to hear/listen to sounds within my "aural atmosphere." This includes sounds
I would much rather not hear, including elevator unmusic, rap from a passing
car, the neighbor's portable radio playing in the yard, and the myriad sounds
of our hyper-noisy times. I think part of it is a result of years of
training oneself to _listen_ to music; it's almost impossible _not_ to
listen. I'm finding foam earplugs useful in more and more situations. Frank

Frank P. Galiani (incipient curmudgeon)

Neil Leupold wrote:

> --- William Wright <Bilwright@-----.net> wrote:
>
> > "Nervous" for someone like me is a bad thing because I truly don't
> > know what I'm doing yet and I need every shred of concentration that I
> > can muster just to practice well (hence a stupid wall clock can derail
> > me completely).
>
> I can't play with sonic distractions either. In fact, I'm so aurally
> oriented, I can't talk to somebody on the phone without first turning
> off the radio, because I can't restrain myself from concentrating on the
> music instead of the voice coming out of the phone. I also have to shut
> the window to block out sounds from the outside, or I'll be distracted
> by that as well. Every sound in the world becomes some form of music
> for me -- rhythmic, melodic, or both. It's a blessing and curse, but
> mostly a blessing, because I'm surrounded by what I love more than
> anything else. Everybody else thinks I'm nuts, of course.
>
> -- Neil
>
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