What is your life's dream?

[pianowolfi]

What is your life's dream, the most important thing you want to do or to achieve, as a musician and/or also as a person? Have your say.

[ganymed]

to own a grand piano and be able to play as good as you

[lichristine]

to be free

i don't even have to be happy, i just want to have choice in life.

[pianistimo]

i have several:

to always have time for my family
to be a concert pianist
to be a musicologist
to study dna and human migration


some of these dreams conflict with others. one dream stays constant.  to be ressurrected to eternal life.

[pianowolfi]

to own a grand piano and be able to play as good as you

Thank you ganymed that's very kind .  But 1. I have at the time not a very special opinion about my own playing. And 2. Everything has it's price. At least sometimes I think so. If somebody would live my life for just one hour, he/she would know why.. But I won't change though. Not at all. Anyway, thanks

[pianowolfi]

to be free

i don't even have to be happy, i just want to have choice in life.

BUT....how much of your happiness would you actually sacrifice for freedom or for having choices?
You seem to have a very interesting approach. Because to me happiness is very important together with freedom. Sometimes they seem united even. But there are a lot of "buts" ...

[nasalstein]

hush wolfi,  she might be  in prison.

[elspeth]

I have a few dreams... the lifestyle ones that I think most people have about their dream career, although I'd need a lot more hours in the day to fulfil mine! I would be running my own opera house, and attracting the artists I'd love to work with out of the London theatres and up into the regions. And I'd also be making wildlife documentaires as a sideline. As I say, not enough hours in the day...

As for musical goals, I have become the selfish sort of musician who plays solely for me, not for other people, and if I can find my way to a few of my favourite composers and pieces that's enough for me.

The single big one for my life is to live it in love and friendship with the people who are special to me. If I can have that... well, the rest of my life's not so bad as it is.

[tompilk]

to be able to play with an orchestra is a sensible lifetime goal for me. An unrealistic goal is to become a concert pianist by the time i'm 20 and win tchaikovsky piano competition. Then play Busoni piano concerto. Then play medtner's night wind sonata, then play alkan's concerto for solo piano, then play gaspard.
That's all... ok maybe i got a bit carried away. But seriously. Playing Busoni Piano Concerto is probably my dream.
And to be happy of course, but that's kinda hard now knowing that I want to be a pianist but am no where near good enough.
Tom

[Derek]

My life's dream is to raise a happy family and have time for all of them, whilst playing the piano to my heart's content. I hope to have a couple thousand home recordings of improv before I buy the farm. I will probably look for ways to preserve it in case someone in the distant future thinks my music is worth listening to!  (besides my friends here on pianostreet, of course  )

[lichristine]

BUT....how much of your happiness would you actually sacrifice for freedom or for having choices?
You seem to have a very interesting approach. Because to me happiness is very important together with freedom. Sometimes they seem united even. But there are a lot of "buts" ...

hush wolfi, she might be in prison.

I'm not in prison.
And I'm not sure what I would sacrifice, because as long as I were free, I'd probably be pretty damn close to happy. I guess I should say, I wouldn't need stable happiness. Like, I could live in a rat-hole apartment, and work five jobs, and have everything in my life one day at a time, and I would just want the choice to do what I wanted, even if it sucked.
hm..i'm not sure if that was any clearer...

[counterpoint]

2 strange dreams:

1.

 I want to play complete WTC (Book 1) in a single concert in a church
      (Could become true sooner or later)

2.

 I want to play complete Vingt Regards in a single concert in a church
       (Could hardly become true)

[pianowolfi]

2 strange dreams:

1.

 I want to play complete WTC (Book 1) in a single concert in a church
      (Could become true sooner or later)

2.

 I want to play complete Vingt Regards in a single concert in a church
       (Could hardly become true)

Very precious dreams Keep it up, man! 

[johnny-boy]

To be healthy and productive in my golden years (and live to be 100).

John

[mike_lang]

To be a great piano teacher
To be a preëminent vocal accompanist

[pianowolfi]

My life's dream is to do exactly what I do now: try to bring all that music in myself out. This music has actually driven me crazy for decades because I always felt it in myself and I couldn't manage to get it out. Now it breaks all barrages and the results are, as imperfect as they still are, flooding my whole life. It's fun, it's intense and it is after all very necessary.   

[ahinton]

To be healthy and productive in my golden years (and live to be 100).

John

Have you thought to ask Elliott Carter if he gives lessons?...

Best,

Alistair

[cmg]

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[pianowolfi]

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cmg why did you delete that? It was very interesting to me 

[m1469]

Okay, this is perhaps too shallow for this thread (but I am feeling a little silly, unfortunately  ) , but right now my life's dream is to make it through the day without falling to sleep at inappropriate times  (like during my student's lessons)

[rc]

I'm not in prison.
And I'm not sure what I would sacrifice, because as long as I were free, I'd probably be pretty damn close to happy. I guess I should say, I wouldn't need stable happiness. Like, I could live in a rat-hole apartment, and work five jobs, and have everything in my life one day at a time, and I would just want the choice to do what I wanted, even if it sucked.
hm..i'm not sure if that was any clearer...

We're already free...  The hard part is figuring out what we want!

[rc]

Okay, this is perhaps too shallow for this thread (but I am feeling a little silly, unfortunately  ) , but right now my life's dream is to make it through the day without falling to sleep at inappropriate times  (like during my student's lessons)

You have a lot riding on this day! 

How I see it, whether you fulfill your lifes dream or fail depends on how you define 'sleep'.  I only sleep in my bed, everywhere else I'm just shutting my eyes. <- (half asleep smiley)

[pianowolfi]

Okay, this is perhaps too shallow for this thread (but I am feeling a little silly, unfortunately  ) , but right now my life's dream is to make it through the day without falling to sleep at inappropriate times  (like during my student's lessons)

Argh yes that was my life's dream on monday too, I even DID fall asleep for a second in one of my lessons.

  <- (half asleep smiley)

Cute lol

[m1469]

Yeah, I achieved my life's dream today    (glad to know that I am not the only who feels this way from time to time)

<- (half asleep smiley)

LOL... that's funny .

[opus10no2]

1 - Great pianist in allround sense
2 - Great composer/improviser
3 - Great technical achievment at piano
4 - To be healthy and feel good
5 - To find social happiness, to have reciprocated passion for person(s)

Not necessarily in that order, and I use the word 'great' on my own terms - I'm not unrealistic, I simply want to reach my potential.

[rc]

Are you going to go pro op10?

[opus10no2]

Not as a concert pianist, probably, but seeing as the internet is becoming a huger and huger phenomenon, I think there will be ways to make some kind of a career through it.
With technology advancing, it's easier to make high quality recordings and videos of oneself, and quality promotes itself on the internet. And there is always teaching also(though I have mixed feelings about that profession).

As I said though, I meant 'great' on my own terms, I want to be able to turn my musical imagination into reality, I don't seek to emulate anyone.

[rc]

Yes, there are all kinds of opprotunities...  Making money in music is a bit of a tricky thing, not such an easy answer as in construction.  It seems to me that the best way to reach great potentials would be to get paid to do it...  Then we wouldn't have to waste so much precious time working elsewhere to pay bills and all that nonsense.

I hear weddings can be good, and it's occurred to me that every little commercial/series/film/movie soundtrack must have somebody composing it and playing it (I've read about orchestras doing beer commercials for some extra bucks).  Some nice restaurants have pianists playing background music, though it may be lame I'd read an interview somewhere of a pianist who played the music properly and the people started to love it.  (https://pianoeducation.org/pnointer.html - in his answer to the first question).

[m1469]

1 - Great pianist in allround sense
2 - Great composer/improviser
3 - Great technical achievment at piano
4 - To be healthy and feel good
5 - To find social happiness, to have reciprocated passion for person(s)

Not necessarily in that order, and I use the word 'great' on my own terms - I'm not unrealistic, I simply want to reach my potential.

I think these are valuable, not just because of the things themselves -- though they definitely have their merits -- but because I think you really mean it and I can take you seriously here.  So, I will be interested to know how you intend to take your steps -- whether they will be the 'first' ones or just the 'next' ones, and when  .  I think that info can be helpful to others, too .

[cmg]

cmg why did you delete that? It was very interesting to me 

dark-night-of-the-soul moment, wolfi, which passed when that huge moon turned Hanalei Bay into a big, foaming sea of pure silver.  Aloha nui! 

[opus10no2]

I think these are valuable, not just because of the things themselves -- though they definitely have their merits -- but because I think you really mean it and I can take you seriously here.  So, I will be interested to know how you intend to take your steps -- whether they will be the 'first' ones or just the 'next' ones, and when  .  I think that info can be helpful to others, too .

Why do you have to mention that you believe I'm being serious? Why would that need saying?
Is it for the fact I rarely speak with a heavy heart?

The most important thing for me to ensure sticking to a long term goal, aside from the passion that fuels it, are the 4th and 5th things I mentioned, and especially stability with them.

It is difficult to balance openness with caution, and to balance passions with self-control.
When I have been emotionally devastated, I feel a kind of paralysis, and haven't been able to move forward in my other pursuits.
It is difficult to be open to elation with knowledge that the same powers that can bring me to it can also destroy me.
Do passions sit well with discipline? Is the true challenge of discipline to carry passions and despair, and still forge ahead.

About the 1st 3, I just practice...what details do you wish to know?

To clarify the 1st 2 - I wish to be a great creator and re-creator.

Great as in -

'a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field'
'remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect'

not so much as in 'in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" ' 

Also with regards to no4, being more fit and healthy recently has improved the way I feel completely, and I think this is an important thing to consider for every pianist.
I also like having a magnificently toned butt 

[pianistimo]

a toned butt could be considered a first step to all of the above goals.  i hate to say it - but you want to be a concert pianist.  you just want to be like a presidential candidate that declares himself at the last minute.  that way you keep more money.  anyways - good luck (and i mean that sincerely) because i think you've got charm and the magnitude of determination to slog through pretty much anything.  once you get to the worst low of your life - you figure it can't get any worse.  i think.  i too am very sensitive (for me it is criticism) emotionally.  lately i have been crushing bags of cereal and chips and occasionally entire egg containers.  perhaps it is the first stages of menopause before it happens - but amazingly it helps me rebound and practice like i should.

[m1469]

Why do you have to mention that you believe I'm being serious? Why would that need saying?

I didn't have to mention it, I just felt like it  .  It doesn't need to be said, I just felt like telling you my deal.  Why in world would you have to ask me that ? 

Is there a problem here ?  

Besides you practicing, the details that I would like to know are when you will post something else in the audition room  


ps-    zmahti pantz

[opus10no2]

When I feel I have produced something worthy of your ear's time.

m1469, I ask things because I want to know your answer, even if it's something I may know in a roundabout way, I'm always curious of your wording.

You should know by now, I'm no longer just a naughty boy, though that beast still resides deep within me  Don't let it frighten you 

Feel free to ask me anything.

and thanks pianistimo, you're a sweet lady


ps -  back at you mayla

[m1469]

I see.  I guess there are a lot of things I should know, eh ?  I can live with that .

You know, I am just being an enthused audience, don't let it frighten you 

And now, I must get back to practicing 

[opus10no2]

 

My nephew and niece living under the same roof as me has given me a little perspective on what I'd be like as a father, and now I'd also make that a dream.

There are few things I've experienced that are as precious and beautiful as making my niece smile.

My father told me that when I was tiny, my old neighbour called me 'smiler' because I'd always be smiling.
It's interesting to note in contrast that in my last years of school, teachers described me as 'sullen', and I was summoned to the head teacher's office for writing a thoroughly disturbing story once.

Don't worry, I also fail to see the relevance of posting this on a public forum 

[pianowolfi]

dark-night-of-the-soul moment, wolfi, which passed when that huge moon turned Hanalei Bay into a big, foaming sea of pure silver.  Aloha nui! 

Oh I *love* poetic descriptions like this

[lau]

i would like to live in the northern part of the USA, and make frequent tripes to europe where i would perform on the piano and make some decent money, but not too much. that's pretty much it

[fiddes]

i dont have a lifes dream.

i live for the journey not for the destination, i am a leaf floating along a river, yes sometimes i go under but i always surface to the top.

life is about experances and when your aiming for one thing you accidently miss out on some of the best bits about life, like looking up at the stars at night or waking up early to see the sun rise (v hard in london but easier when i go on holiday)  heck even remembering to smile when you leave you house, all these things are forgotten when your searching for a dream in life be it to become a great musicain or to become rich they cloud peoples judgements, clip peoples wings

[beethoven2]

To please my teacher with a perfect advanced piece.

I think that's gonna take a lifetime