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Lost My Wind

Author: Windy Dreamer
Date: 2018-10-18 21:47

The other night I went to a Jazz Club jam night for the first time ever. Instead of the nerve wreaking racket I expected I heard the best live vocalist and saxophone of my life. Two stunning guitarists played in mind numbing ways I did not know were possible. Everything the jam performers did was absolutely flawless.
When I entered the club I had to register as a musician because I was carrying two of my clarinets. After signing in as amateur the registrar told me that registrants could be called at random to play.Between the early evening concert and jam session I set up my frankenet, set the reed and played a few bars softly in a back corner to verify my readiness.After hearing the first few jammers I shamefully fled the scene before I could be called.
When I got outsidè I tried to play a few bars because I am trying to prepare for busqeing. There is a desperate need in Canada for folk art and folk music to be seen and heard in public places. I want to fill some of that vacuum while lobbying for repeal of the oppressive legal regime that has driven folk arts from public life.
In the near zero temperatures of the past week I have not been able to get a single note out of my clarinet outdoors. Can a plastic Jupiter Clarinet be played in below freezing temperatures ?
All of the above has been very demoralizing. For one full day I could not even pick up my clarinet. Most of my practice this week has been filled with squeaks, squawks, missed notes and an inability to maintain character of tone as I fumble from note to note.
In the past few hours things have begun to improve despite the despair. I suppose that perseverance through adversity will eventually instill the more positive mindset that is essential to competent play.

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