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 practicing and r