TODAY I HAD PRACTICE WITH THE PIANIST FOR MY VIOLIN RECITAL, AND IT...
WELL, OKAY, WE BROUGHT THIS "ELDERLY" LADY TO LUNCH, AND FOR SOME REASON SHE WANTED TO COME SEE ME PRACTICE. BAD IDEA. BAAAAAAAAAAAD IDEA.
I GET IN THERE AND THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME IS STILL PLAYING. BAD. HE WAS OLDER THAN ME AND IT WAS KIND OF... EEK.
BUT I GUESS I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, CAUSE I DIDN'T DO SO GOOD, EITHER.
MY PIECE HAS THIS REALLY LONG ORCHESTRA/PIANO INDRODUCTION, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO COME IN. IT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY NICE IF I'D HAD THOUGHT OF ASKING BEFORE SHE STARTED PLAYING. SO I HAD TO STOP HER AND ASK. THEN SHE MARKS ON MY PAPER AND STARTS OVER. I COME IN, AND ALL IS WELL UNTIL... I REALIZE THAT I DIDN'T SET ALL THE PAGES OUT. I HAVE THREE PAGES, AND I DIDN'T SPREAD THEM OUT, SO I ONLY SAW THE FIRST PAGE. SO I TOOK OUT THE SECOND PAGE REALLY FAST AND TRIPPED THE PIANIST UP. AS WE GET TO THE END OF THE SECOND PAGE, I'M REALLY WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO TAKE OUT THE THIRD PAGE, CAUSE I HAD THE WHOLE SONG MEMORIZED, ANYWAY.
SO I DIDN'T. I JUST WENT THE WHOLE THIRD PAGE OFF MY OWN MEMORY.
BUT... OKAY, I'D NEVER GONE THROUGH THE SONG WITH THE PIANO, AND IT REALLY MESSED ME UP, CAUSE IT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING GOING ON THERE AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP... IT JUST DIDN'T GO WELL. SO WHEN THIS KID (WHO'S A LOT BETTER THAN ME, BUT STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER) WALKS IN, I'M COMPLETELY... IT WASN'T GOOD. I GET HUMILIATED.
SO, YEP. NOW I'M REAAAAAAALLY NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RECITAL. WISH ME LUCK, CAUSE I'LL NEED IT.
