have you ever not played trombone for a while...and then practiced...like really practiced and your lips get that tingling in them that only playing brass can actually do? you know...when your lip gets swollen and you look a little funny but your happy it's puffed up because you finally started doing it again? it's like when all the calouses on your fingers are gone and you finally play guitar again and it hurts? but in a good way?
well my lips got swolen today and it was glorious.
i always feel like i've lost so much ground when i don't play for a while. but i'm always amazingly pleased with myself. it's the first time i've really played trombone since carnegie hall. i've played a couple times before now, but i've never really practiced. i kinda just blew a few notes...but today, after a couple long tones and lip slurs, my tone was back...up until my lip got swolen...but that's not the point. the point is...if i can be almost just as good at reading new stuff and technique exercises (sort of...) without practicing, i can be beastly if i actually practice everyday.
it reminds me of after i came back from australia and haven't played for like 3 years literally...and not even blowing any notes. that was because in australia, i decided to follow my heart and be a music major instead of a pre-veterinary major. i was amazed at how almost near good i kinda was.
i think everybody has something like that. something their good at but don't do for a while for some reason or another...and then when you finally do it, it's still awesome. sure. you have to woodshed a bit and sand the edges...
i just wanted to let you know that i did it today.
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