Thursday, December 29, 2011

Calm Before the Storm

I have two clear days off and my first instinct is to play ALL of my scales in ALL intervals as a tonic... this takes a lot of time and is psychotic, but I am getting fairly far with it!  And it feels so good, as if I have all the time in the world to explore different sounds and approaches.  There are so many things to try!

But very soon, the wheel of life takes over again and I hit the floor running.  So often, our tour schedules look like vacation itineraries (after all, we do play for a living) with airplanes, rental cars, hotels in different cities, new people to meet, new espresso shops to discover.  But everything has to be ready, from passports to concert gowns.

I get the final piece for my 2012 touring frock... a feather shrug that goes with my current, royal blue bassoon superhero outfit (I previewed this gown at the CD release party on Oct 30)... I have new faux high cowboy boots from Fluvog... we have our new arrangements of Flight of the Bumble Bee and Oblivion... I have to pick up my visa from my manager and do a thousand things (including checking in with all of my orphaned students) before getting on the first airplane on January 4.

3 comments:

Andrew said...

Hi Nadina,

when you say as a tonic, do you mean for pure intervals? Just wondering...

Nadiva said...

Oh, maybe I shouldn't write these things late at night!
I meant as a curative elixir, a magic potion to set everything in order. In the last few days, I am playing all major and harm minor scales slowly, full range, then in sixths and thirds, and it is very restorative.

Andrew said...

Ah, a tonic!

Now I see it as less of such a grand enterprise, though I know it does take a while!