What's on your mind now?

[Bob]

Like the "What are you listening to right now" thread...

What's the most pressing concern on your mind at the moment?

Things you are working on now, things you "must remember to do today or this week,"  etc.  not necessarily piano.

[ted]

I don't have any "pressing concerns" as such - usually avoid them. I'm wondering whether I shall finish the last inch or so of brandy in the bottle at home tonight but I've more or less decided I can't be bothered. I was toying with the idea of exercising again tonight but as I trained the last two nights I can't be bothered with that either. I was wondering about calling into the shops on the way home but I can't be bothered with that. No good thinking about what to play tonight because the piano's action is still away being rebuilt. Could continue with the algorithmic composition programme I suppose but on the other hand I might not bother.

Perhaps I shall post again when I have a pressing thought, but that doesn't happen very often.

[m1469]

I am wondering how I am going to break this bloody wall down and how I am going to make it over this hump

I am wondering how I am going to get all these pieces learned, especially Bach

I am wondering how much I will be able to improve on myself

I am wondering where my friend went

[janice]

It's 12:50 AM and my thoughts of Terri Schiavo are totally consuming me!  I am in a 24/7 prayer mode for her.

[dinosaurtales]

I am sweating the deadline of having the Ballade #1, Mozart's 576, and the Appassionata all memorized and down pat in time to do a piano festival in Italy in June.  OK, so I am not one of the recitalists, but I still have to play them for other pianists, so I don't want to look like  twit.  I am twitching because I just got asked to do a Piano and 9 other instruments thing in a month.  I am trying to figure out how I can do it all.  egad!

[chopinisque]

I'm wondering whether or not to take my Grade 8 examinations or take it easy?

[klavierkonzerte]

i'm thinking of how to orgnize my time to study for my medterms.

and i'm thinking what movie should i go to today? i might go to the ring 2

[Tash]

wondering why the hell my room is so freakin cold.

wondering whether i should go out to coffee after the performing arts concert thing tonight and whether it really is a good idea to do the relay for life fundraiser (walking around in cirlces for 24hrs) the weekend before a massive keyboard assessment...

[Skeptopotamus]

what's with the evil orange is what's on my mind.

[Tash]

what's with the evil orange is what's on my mind.

LOL when my friend decides she has the time to make me a website you'll find out! it's my unoffical card design 'company', based on a character i once wrote a story about- a very long story that i'm not getting into!

[janice]

Tash, I just noticed your signature.  Right under the pic of the Evil Orange (whatever that might be!)you say "for Janice, a different pic whever I remember".

Huh?

[Glissando]

whether I should order two music books (beethoven and scarlatti) today...
whether or not I should start working on this mazurka (op 6/2) I'm in love with..
whether I should cut out a skirt I'm making today or wait until tomorrow..
In short, whether I should procrastinate or not. "HAHA"

[Skeptopotamus]

wait.  ok now what's on my mind is that is this tash the great comme_le_vent?


my comme le vent is 4:25 ^^  im getting there- goal is 4:10

[m1469]

The Fugue of doom.  MWAA HAAA HA AAAA

(  )

[Etude]

Opus Clavicembalisticum, wanting to hear Sonata 1 + Le Jardin Parfume, composition

Sorabji, Sorabji, Sorabji (ad infinitum)   

[Glissando]

*I can't wait until this lipatti album finishes downloading, can't wait can't wait can't wait!!!!!! bach, scarlatti, mozart! schubert, what's there not to love?! argh iTunes Music Store is slllllloooowwww tonight... can't wait until this finishes.." ad infinitum.

[Tash]

Tash, I just noticed your signature. Right under the pic of the Evil Orange (whatever that might be!)you say "for Janice, a different pic whever I remember".

Huh?

that was from the other week when you said it was time i posted some more art up- so this is how i'm doing it for you! hmm might go change it now.

and i am NOT comme le vent! jeez as if

[Waldszenen]

My mind is currently focused on studying for a chemistry exam that is on in a few days.

[m1469]

Here are some things that I am wondering right now...

Is piano actually difficult, or do we just make it difficult for ourselves (and am I just stupid for not getting it better)?

Which is more inspiring, the Master or the enthusiastic beginner ?

Who expresses the highest levels of musicianship, the teacher or the student?

Does every single individual in the world deserve to have the musician in them brought out and surfaced?


m1469

[pianomann1984]

I'm thinking what stupid thing can I put on my next snail-race post.  On a more serious note am thinking about how to spend my time preparing for my Brahms 2 performance tomorrow after the morning rehearsal...eek!

[Tash]

i'm wondering if i should switch degrees next year and do a b.mus/b.ed cos art is sucking!

[DarkWind]

I'm wondering if my parents actually are going to buy my that new PC I've been heavily coveting this Friday or Saturday.

And, not any kind of thinking issue or anything, but currently I'm just amazed by how gigantic an orchestra Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 1, "Gothic," calls for. Why would anyone need 6 flutes!!! On top of calling the largest orchestral force, it's also the longest symphony, clocking in about 10 minutes short of 2 hours. There are probably longer ones, like Sorabji's Jami Symphony, whose scores scans nearly a thousand pages. But it can be discounted, as a performance has yet to see the light of day.

[brewtality]

I'm wondering how I'm gonna be able to wake up for uni on tuesday.

[klavierkonzerte]

there's a bunch of guys that want me to go play football with them tomorow im thinking how can i get rid of them.

[Dazzer]

why i'm still single.
why my life sucks
and why do i still bother living

[Siberian Husky]

when im gunna finish the 4 pieces im working on right now...

and does it really feel better to pee once you hold it in longer?

[Waldszenen]

I've got this girl I like stuck in my head.....

[Siberian Husky]

I've got this girl I like stuck in my head.....

HOW CUUUUUUTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AWWWWW

  LOL JK JK..but seriously though..its cute..n stuff

[Dazzer]

I've got this girl I like stuck in my head.....

at least you've at least got one in mind...

i'm completely void of girls in my mind now... i think i'll just turn gay now. -urgh-

[etudes]

how can i stop using internet and go practising
 

[klavierkonzerte]

i'm thinkiking what and how many cources should i take on summer semester

and i'm thinking should i take extra load and finish college in 3 & 1/2 years?
because my ONLY friend, which i REALLY REALLY REALLY like, is finnishing in 3 & 1/2 years and i don't want to roat another semester alone in college.

just now a thought of a girl i never saw poped into my head
we just write to each others every day on the college desk  , she's on the class right befor mine, we have been writing to each others for like a month, maybe we should meet!

[klavierkonzerte]

right now i'm thinking that schumann is the greatest piano composer of all
i love him more every day
i'm listening to his Davidsbundlertanze right now, no words could justify the buity of those pieces.

[Tash]

i'm thinking about how cute my old school music teacher's baby is! it's SO CUTE! i want a baby!
i can't say i'm thinking of any particular girl....maybe a guy, like a certain hot maths tutor i used to have....

[janice]

I have been thinking about Pocorina alot today.  We missed getting a daily report from the TB clinic she is in. I hope it was because she was just too tired, and that nothing is horribly wrong.

[Waldszenen]

HOW CUUUUUUTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AWWWWW

  LOL JK JK..but seriously though..its cute..n stuff

Damn you sound just like my sister...

[nanabush]

Im tunin in to futurama well half listening, I dont know ummm I'm like thinking of how my day is going to go tomorrow because it is now 11 oclock in ottawa, ummm I'm tired, dam my head hurts, goodnight...
that's what I'm thinking.

[Dazzer]

i'm thinkiking what and how many cources should i take on summer semester

and i'm thinking should i take extra load and finish college in 3 & 1/2 years?
because my ONLY friend, which i REALLY REALLY REALLY like, is finnishing in 3 & 1/2 years and i don't want to roat another semester alone in college.

just now a thought of a girl i never saw poped into my head
we just write to each others every day on the college desk  , she's on the class right befor mine, we have been writing to each others for like a month, maybe we should meet!

that's actually quite cute... and sweet ... ahhh life ain't fair.

HOW CUUUUUUTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AWWWWW

  LOL JK JK..but seriously though..its cute..n stuff

you sure you don't mean KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!

[Torp]

I'm wondering whether I really am padantic.

No, I couldn't be.  Padantic isn't a word.  Does the fact that I know that padantic isn't a word make me pedantic?

OMG.....it could be true........................I could be pedantic, but I was called pAdantic, so I'm still OK right?

[m1469]

Well, about how I just erased what I had written  and about how I should stay away from this thread  (sorry, sorry)

...and then about how I just put it back again, he he




The goal in playing the piano (and any instrument for that matter) is not actually about playing the piano.  It is about playing pieces/music.  We never master the instrument, we master pieces. 

Can Music be mastered (I think maybe not)?  If not, then there is not a single element which can be mastered (otherwise by adding up all of the mastered elements, you would master Music- or is it just a matter of time?).  Music is not made up of single elements, it is made up of completeness. 

I don't think we actually master pieces, but we get close enough to do us well.

Is this why such a thing as a technique list cannot exist?  Every technique is tailored to the music and its uniqueness and this is infinite.

We play the piano to know music.  We sing to know music.  We don't play to play, and we don't sing to sing.  Why are people drawn to a particular instrument then?  Why does it matter what instrument one chooses if the sole purpose is that of expressing music, not the instrument?

Does eternity really exist?  Music would be worth it.  (shhhh.. don't tell but we're gonna need it...  )
 

[ted]

Yes, I do play to play, at least to a degree, and certainly with regard to improvisation. The physical act of playing is part of the yoga of music for me. I do not mean that I could not express something musical without it, only that for me the end and the means tend to be mixed up.

Goes to show how remarkable the human brain is to be able to conceive a meaning for "eternity". I wonder if the higher primates can perceive a glimmering notion of eternity. In fact there are numerous meanings of the word, ranging from the abstract idea of mathematical infinity applied to time to a subjective and indefinite perpetuation of consciousness.

[m1469]

Well, Ted, it's just that I have been thinking about a thing Bernhard posted, actually in a thread about eternity.  Talking about the finger pointing to the moon, and everybody looks at the finger.  I started thinking that my feelings about piano and my crazy pursuit of musical expression involving piano may be some form of staring at the finger vs the moon.  Does it really matter how one comes to express music?  Doesn't it matter more simply that music is expressed in whatever form it comes in?  I don't know, but probably.

I appreciate your thoughts, once again, and 'thanks' actually.


m1469

[Regulus Medtner]

Mozart's Piano Concerto no.6 in B flat major K.238, 1st movement (Allegro aperto), complete with own wicked cadenza.  I can't get it out of my head (and don't really want to! ).

[wintervind]

I'm hungry

[Kassaa]

I'm hungry

Me too, but I'm getting my pizza within 10 minutes

[Torp]

The goal in playing the piano (and any instrument for that matter) is not actually about playing the piano.  It is about playing pieces/music.

We play music to express that which cannot be expressed through words or pictures.

We play the piano to know music. 

I believe it is much bigger than that.  We play the piano to know ourselves!

Jef

[pianonut]

so many thoughts flit through randomly.  where should i start?  suspecting the neighbors to have taken my precious watering can (or did it blow away in the wind - being plastic)?  why is there grass in the mailbox (did my three year old do this?)  why do the neighbors lawns grow so green, and mine has to be coaxed and prodded along with tons of water, etc.  did i put too much lime in last year?  how come the only thing i can grow from seed is sunflowers?  (looking at thumb). 

[dave santino]

Who's going to win the new series of Big Brother!!! There's some real babes on there, its like a glamour shoot.

[pianomann1984]

Ach...Big Brotehr sucks my great-nan's hairy feet!  I am currently sondering how my concert tomorrow is gonna go and whether I can pull off 3 Liszt Song Transcriptions and a Mozart Sonata on approximately 3 hrs practice  Why do I offer to do these things?!

[trunks]

1. My dog
2. Pieces I am currently working on -
- Chopin Thirds and Winter Wind
- Liszt Feux Follets.

[m1469]

Can inadequacies ever evolve or develop into adequacies?

If "inadequacy" is capable of adequate evolution or development, I would suppose it is not "inadequate" at all.


and along those lines...



Can true nothingness ever evolve into somethingness ? (NOT talking about smallness into bigness).

Is there any such "thing" as no-thing-ness (I would think not)