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Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2005-08-03 18:40
Bradley,
I've been reading your comments and others' comments about the "reality" of a career as a clarinetist.
I say, from reading your posting and hearing you play,you go with what you want at this point.
Keep up your drive, the ambition and the love of what you do: playing the clarinet and learning more about music.
One very important thing to remember: practice, practice, and then practice some more.
Having drive, ambition and a love for the instrument is not enough to get you where you want to be. You have to simply put in the hours of detailed work on the instrument.
It takes incredible discipline and energy and the RIGHT kind of approach to the instrument that will allow you to progress in your individual mastering of the instrument.
Learn as much as you can about the music you're playing and then even more about the instrument on which you will play that music. You need to have control over the instrument so you can master the technical and musical demands of the music you're playing. If you are inherently musical - and I think you are - the musical aspects usually take care of themselves through intuition, listening, education and experimentation.
Performing in the many groups you do is a good thing, (you definitely need the experience that you gain from doing so) but I would suggest putting more hours into your individual practice.
I have students that are playing in groups so much that their basic technique is not getting better, or not progressing as it should. They are getting the great and needed experience from performing and they are having fun but they are not spending enough good, quality practice time on the instrument.
I know fellow professionals, and myself, too - that complain about having to play so much that they don't get in enough practice time. They, and I sometimes, feel they might be getting sloppy or just stagnating. For working, performing professionals, this may be a very subtle thing, but an important distinction nonetheless.
So - keep up the good work - and practice, practice and then practice some more.
All the best,
Tom
Tom Piercy
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