Why and what is this

[chopin2015]

So, I had a killer practice today. Yes, it is Sunday and I was at school, practicing. I was doing so good but I notice people stop playing when I play. Often times, they just leave. I hear them stop playing and they pack they s*** and leave the room. What did I do? I try not to repeat stuff too much. In fact, I do not repeat stuff much when I know someone is around and within hearing distance. I am very sensitive to that. In fact, today I was playing rather pleasantly.

Also, it could be just the piano room. We have an old music building, and the baby grand is in a practice room that is hardly sound proof. You can actually hear the piano down the hall, in the lobby. I feel sorry for all the kids who were trying to practice today and I was just going at it hard in there.

Sometimes, when I am working on something badass, this trumpet player goes in the room right next to mine and starts waling on and on. Same waling, every time. That's why I call it that.

BTW I know I say this all the time, but I really am planning on recording some of the stuff I have been working on. K?

peace

don't mind the crazy pianist.

counterpoint rules.

[faulty_damper]

Wear earplugs.  Both you and the others should do this.  It helps inner hearing.  Also prevents hearing damage.

[iansinclair]

and music buildings have always been like that... a number of decades ago when I was a student, our building had -- as well as the pianos, of course -- four organs (one of them right next to the department chairman's office...).  It could get quite deafening...

Just don't pay attention to anyone else, and don't let them bother you.

[chopin2015]

Thank you for your advice and support.

Sometimes, I am there on the weekends when noone else is, and I take advantage of the time. I work through the hardest passages over and over, as much as I should. I imagine it can get tiresome to listen to, if someone were listening.

Then, people start showing up. They start complaining. "She's been in there for hours."
My answer: WTH, is there a limit on how long I am to practice? Go stick to your business.

I have also had a person walk out of their practice room, throwing a fit. "She's just playing in there. I can't practice like this."

My answer: Oh, I'm sorry. Are these pianos for decoration? Do you expect me to magically get better, without doing the work?

We have like, 5 piano majors in our entire music program, I am one of them. No wonder other musicians don't know what to do when a pianist is practicing.

Not to mention how much some practice, compared to others. So, really. There are not that many pianists ALWAYS practicing.

 


How many of you college level pianists ALWAYS practice? Like, every day?

thanks!