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Monday, June 07, 2004 Inspiration I feel as though I've rediscovered my passion for music. Of course it never actually went away, but my creative impulses come in cycles; I love dance, theatre, writing, and music but I can't concentrate on them concurrently to the same degree of intensity, so I rotate. There's never a set schedule for this rotation, which even includes instruments (for example, I haven't played much guitar lately, but I spend hours on piano)--it's ruled by inspiration, which I often think is dangerous (because at least one, probably more, areas are neglected in order to make time for the others). Of course, it's also impossible to pour insane amounts of energy into each area while taking care of everything else--like work that pays--at the same time. I'm coming to understand that finding balance between my passions is difficult. That said, I've spent seven hours in the School of Music over the last two days, which I haven't done for a long time. And I played other places during those days as well. To a music major, that time is probably normal (and necessary); I, however, did not concentrate on music in college and actually haven't practiced much lately since I've been so focused on trying to book gigs. But last night my friend Alex (Hollingsworth, not Loney) and I were excited about singing musical theatre, which neither of us had done in a while, so we took the hike to the grand pianos at the music school and stayed for a while afterward working on other material. It was wonderful--there's something about the way vocals, particularly duets, are written for musicals that just feels good to sing... and sounds incredible. Of course, it probably helps that Alex is studying voice at Eastern Michigan (or "the school down the road"). And then today I caught Vienna Teng's performance at Borders--I'd intended to go swing dancing a couple hours after the show but ended up spending the time in a practice room instead, inspired to work on some piano pieces. So I feel satisfied. I suppose runners and anyone who excerises can relate. It's a contented feeling, a productive one. And now I deserve some rest before heading to work in the morning. ^ Top | 12:06 AM | | | 
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