me and music
Wow, writing this last blog post feels kind of surreal. Looking through my past blog posts, I feel really proud that I’ve been able to relatively (!!) commit to the topic of music. It’s been really fun looking for out of the box connections and a little difficult sometimes, but I think there’s definitely been a few stretches. High school has really taught about the kind of things I value, both in my personal and professional life. But since I’m still trying to keep to the musical theme, I wanted to talk about what I learned in my twelve years of piano study, and how it’s really changed my entire personality. I’m really proud of the pianist that I am today. Sometimes, when I look through my past recordings, I don’t even recognize myself. I know the thoughts that were swarming my mind at the moment, but I can’t believe that the person in the recording is actually me. Piano’s taught me how to work. Many people have this concept of work meaning to pour hours and hours pr...