About jealousy

[mmro]

Hi there. No matter what we do there will always be someone eager to critisize us to make us feel bad. There are people that are... imbeciles. Of course, they're just jealous, they're insecure about themselves and they'll try at all costs to make us think we're not good enough in order to ease their self esteem problems. If we feel bad, we're just doing what they want... we must not allow them to influence on our own perception of us, wich is at the end the only one that matters. No one can make us feel bad if we don't allow it. Next time we come across someone like that, we should not pay attention to what they have to say, and remember that not all people is like that.
People that's happy with themselves and have a healthy self esteem will naver make comments like that, even if we're not so good, because it's completely unnecessary.
Finally the only thing that matters is that we enjoy ourselves and have a good time, life's so short that's a complete waste of time to worry about if we're doing it right or not. If we have a good time, that's more than enough reason to think we're doing it right.

Sorry about my english

I'd like to hear opinions on this subjectç as well as advice for situations like this

[piano_ant]

Welcome to the world! Music, despite all the romantic fluff you try to gussy it up with, is a business, and a cutthroat one at that. I have heard several horror stories, many involving the big name schools, which, in my opinion,  not only can breed some pretty foul musicians, but more importantly just nasty people.

One involved a young man about to try out for entrance into the school to study violin. He was nervous, so he had to pee. Not thinking anything about it he left his violin in the hallway unattended. When he returned less than three minutes later the violin had been tampered with and sabotaged to break during his performance. He figured it out beforehand but had to run around looking for a substitute instrument!

Another involves a music school in which pianists had designated practice rooms. Everyone knew which room belonged to who. One day a pianist walked into his practice room to warm up and sliced his finger open on razor blades conveniently placed between the keys.

It's a nasty world. Plain and simple. Just don't be that person and you are automatically truer to your art than most.

[faulty_damper]

Another involves a music school in which pianists had designated practice rooms. Everyone knew which room belonged to who. One day a pianist walked into his practice room to warm up and sliced his finger open on razor blades conveniently placed between the keys.

I doubt this story is true because the distance from the key top to the key bed is about 1 3/4".  When the key is depressed, it depresses up to 1/2".  That means there is only 1 1/4" remaining for the razor to protrude.  However, razor blades measure only 3/4" from spine to edge.

You can infer from this deduction that someone just wasted a bunch of razor blades. 

However, the length of a standard blade is 1 1/2".  If it were placed lengthwise vertically, the blade will protrude 1/4" when the keys are depressed.  So the story is possible.

[Petter]

I doubt this story is true because the distance from the key top to the key bed is about 1 3/4".  When the key is depressed, it depresses up to 1/2".  That means there is only 1 1/4" remaining for the razor to protrude.  However, razor blades measure only 3/4" from spine to edge.

You can infer from this deduction that someone just wasted a bunch of razor blades. 

However, the length of a standard blade is 1 1/2".  If it were placed lengthwise vertically, the blade will protrude 1/4" when the keys are depressed.  So the story is possible.

Sounds like you´ve tried it. Scary detailed description.

[milk_cookies_and_piano]

The only thing I despise about being a musician is when I always have to be the innocent one that doesn't know what is going on.
I had chamber music with this girl once, and she would get me in trouble by telling me there was not class on the day there was, "forgetting" to tell me dates for our performances, or mixing them up, borrowing my music for rediculous amounts of time, telling me not to practice because she didn't practice and she didnt want to look bad ,  and it was the reverse! >< ugh. Well, Ill get back at her one day with my  revolutionary etude hehe *evil face* 

[mmro]

It's not music.... it's humans. They have achieved great things, but they're also capable of doing the most nasty things.
Again, they're not all like that..... fortunately.

[faulty_damper]

One involved a young man about to try out for entrance into the school to study violin. He was nervous, so he had to pee. Not thinking anything about it he left his violin in the hallway unattended. When he returned less than three minutes later the violin had been tampered with and sabotaged to break during his performance. He figured it out beforehand but had to run around looking for a substitute instrument!

If I were to leave a violin, possibly costing in the tens of thousands of dollars, lying on the floor unattended, I'd be an idiot.  If my instrument were a piano, I wouldn't mind leaving it unattended for a short while or even several hours because the thief won't get very far.

I doubt this story is true because how would someone alter a violin to break during a performance?  And what part of the violin would break?  The string or the bridge?

I can understand someone putting razor blades between the keys of a piano but purposefully causing a violin it break is unfathomable.

[piano_ant]

The saddest part is, even if they aren't true (even though I heard it from a pretty reliable source) we could still actually fathom it.

HIDE THE STRATAVARIUS' 

[momopi]

Welcome to the world! Music, despite all the romantic fluff you try to gussy it up with, is a business, and a cutthroat one at that. I have heard several horror stories, many involving the big name schools, which, in my opinion,  not only can breed some pretty foul musicians, but more importantly just nasty people.

One involved a young man about to try out for entrance into the school to study violin. He was nervous, so he had to pee. Not thinking anything about it he left his violin in the hallway unattended. When he returned less than three minutes later the violin had been tampered with and sabotaged to break during his performance. He figured it out beforehand but had to run around looking for a substitute instrument!

Another involves a music school in which pianists had designated practice rooms. Everyone knew which room belonged to who. One day a pianist walked into his practice room to warm up and sliced his finger open on razor blades conveniently placed between the keys.

It's a nasty world. Plain and simple. Just don't be that person and you are automatically truer to your art than most.

It's a nasty world everywhere. politicians and academics are just as ruthless as thugs, only better dressed

[concerto_love]

jealousy... yeaaah!!! I feel jealous these few days and dunno what to do now.....  !!!