Of A Sound Mind

Week 1 I am on top of Mount Idiot. After graduating, I hoped I knew everything I would need to know, but alas I was on top of Mount Idiot.  I didn’t know how much I didn’t know. To say I was confident would be hyperbole, however, a little arrogant would be appropriate. It happens to everyone. The real wake up call was when I was reading a book of writings from Schoenberg, in which he says, and I’m paraphrasing it here, “Musician nowadays does not ‘know’ their music anymore”. I scoffed and then thought about it, thought about it, and thought about it. About a week later it was on my mind still, so I tested myself. I sang a piece I listened to often and then listened to the piece back, only to discover how wildly inaccurate I was in this music I loved. I vowed to know the music I work with from now on. Then I found the podcast “Sticky Notes” (I highly recommend it even if you don’t have a music degree!) and I listened to the host analyze and break down famous works of th...