Someone/The Universe Hears My Silent Cries
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taz_39Woke up still bummed on Thursday.
I am trying to forget that I spent all that time working on and submitting and stressing over that audition.
La la laaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The usual routine, and a trip to the grocery for dinner ingredients.
Jameson has submitted his graduate project for review, and actually got some feedback for once (many times his professors remain infuriatingly silent) so he was cheery about that. Which he should be! Very soon he'll have his master's degree!
I was surprised to receive a gig offer in the evening, a referral from the music coordinator who hired me for Tootsie and My Fair Lady. Somehow I didn't think she could? would? refer musicians to gigs outside of her employer/the touring company. But maybe she's an independent contractor and can do what she wants, idk. Anyway I replied to say that I "could" do the gig, but had to then inform them of conflicting Disney dates that would necessitate extra travel costs because the gig in is Massachusetts.
They ended up finding someone who was fully available, which is great. I would've liked the money and the feather in my cap, but it would've been a lot to be flying up and down the east coast and doing both the Disney performances and a full show simultaneously. Clearly this time it wasn't meant to be.
For dinner I made us a coconut curry with chicken meatballs and mango relish on brown rice, a recipe we've done many times before. Still good.
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Friday again with the boring day.
I've been putting insane amounts of pressure on myself to get this Disney music memorized by the 8th (my first full day as a sub in the park) and I think it's backfiring now. I've been overthinking and stressing on it so much that my brain is not retaining as much each session. Gotta relax and knock it off. No one has said I have to have EVERYTHING memorized by that date...in fact no date was given at all, just "work on it for June."
I've got 2.5 pieces left out of the TWENTY that I was originally given. That's pretty damn good, right?
Unless I'm the only person walking into the next rehearsal with 2.5 pieces still not memorized.
Dangit.
I hit my 30 hours of data entry for the week at least, so was looking forward to a nice day off there.
For no reason other than to get us out of the house, I offered to treat Jameson to dinner at Lazy Dog. We had a nice meal, they have some seasonal items that are pretty good. Partway through dinner I was surprised by a text from a trombonist with the Orlando Phil, who accidentally double-booked himself and needed a sub for a charity concert tomorrow. Could I step in?
This is the second random, out-of-the-blue gig I've been offered in as many days. It makes me think that something, somewhere in the universe, hears my internal heartaching about music stuff. My mom's soul, perhaps. Or an entity that loves me, for reasons unknown to me. It feels....strange....when this happens (it's happened MANY times and I've written about it here, but maybe I should list the incidents out in one post sometime)
Anyway, the money was good and I'm free, so I said yes. A day off would have been nice but money is money and helping out on local gigs is what it's all about. The one downside is that this is a VERY formal event and I am a VERY informal person; I don't even own dress shoes! Once we got home I was able to scrounge up an acceptable black dress and jacket, but will have to pop over to Rack Room or wherever for shoes tomorrow before the gig.
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Saturday, Jameson woke up not feeling well. Some kind of head cold.
I went out first thing after breakfast to get the dress shoes. Options were extremely limited so what I got didn't fit right and wasn't what I wanted, but what can ya do. From there some groceries and another batch of bagels from my newfound favorite bagel place. It was early enough that their "Hot n' Fresh" sign was on, and when I walked in the door the lovely smell of fresh bread was in the air. Mmmmm. I got Egg, veggie, rye, and blueberry.
Back at home I got ready for the gig, ate lunch, and was off.
It was a debutante ball at the Orlando Convention Center. Quite the to-do. Young men in tails and high white collars, young ladies in white fluffy princess gowns and tiaras. I was subbing with the Orlando Chamber Symphony (a.k.a. the Orlando Phil But Smaller), which itself was taking this gig last-minute, so we had a two hour rehearsal beforehand. Because you don't want to mess something up and make someone twist an ankle in the waltz, you know!
The decor was somewhat cheesy to me, but if it made the debutantes feel special that's all that matters.
Rehearsing the dances, entrances and exits, etc.
After rehearsal we had a good chunk of time. I went to the garage to validate my parking.
"The letter 'N' on our keyboard is broken," the attendant said with a big grin, "so today your name is MEGA!"
We cheered and high-fived about it lol. Cute :)
I'd packed a lunch to avoid having to pay hotel prices for hotel food, so sat in the sun and enjoyed my pouch tuna, half-bagel, nuts, and Mezcla bar.
A lot of the orchestra members came over to introduce themselves, which I found surprisingly welcoming and really nice! Several people wanted to know why the trombonist I was subbing for was out, so I had the distinct pleasure of proclaiming, "He double-booked himself!" which earned a lot of guffaws and cringes. It's one thing to call out because you're sick or your car broke down or whatever, but messing up your gig schedule will get you razzed. A lot of people expressed that they were glad I could cover for him and that was nice.
The highlight of my night was a French hornist who came over to introduce herself, and while we chatted she asked where I was from originally.
"Pennsylvania."
"Oh," she said, "then are you here for school?"
I then got to enjoy telling her that I'm forty years old and very flattered that she'd take me for a student!
Finally around 6:30 it was time to hit the stage.
This was orchestra stuff, a few marches but mostly waltzes, peppered with speeches from the guest speaker (this guy). For those who don't know, the trombone doesn't play a whole heck of a lot in an orchestral setting, so to quote my circus boss, "The dollar to note ratio is skyrocketing!" Half the numbers were tacet, and the other half we played little accents and not much else. One of the easiest moneys I've made this year tbh.
In addition to the debutantes, there were some hired professional dance performances.
One was this duo, they've won something like six championships for their dancing. Very cool to see!
(CLICK HERE to watch)
Before I knew it we were done and packing up. I made sure to thank the personnel manager and conductor and my buddy Will on bass trombone/tuba, and the two trumpet guys who were welcoming and awesome to perform with. Who knows if I'll ever get called again but it was a good experience and really a wonderful surprise. Not only the gig itself, but that an Orlando Phil trombonist remembered me at a time of need. That makes me feel good :)
And now I've played with every ensemble that I interacted with during Disney's Candlelight! The Florida Orchestra, the Orlando Philharmonic, and the Main Street Philharmonic. How wild is that!
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Sunday I was up at 8, though I wanted to be up earlier I was tired.
Breakfast and data entry. To the grocery for ingredients. Trombone practice. I didn't try to memorize anything new, just hammered home what I've got, and that went well. After lunch I did a little more data entry but stopped early because I needed to just be still. Lying down with my eyes closed, listening to Jameson playing Fallout. Watching as my siblings texted each other about this and that.
I made Dude Diet "Reuben" turkey patty melts for dinner. Jameson has Meniere's, so he can't have Reubens because the salt content makes him dizzy and nauseous. And I haven't found any way to make corned beef without copious amounts of salt. This recipe has you make sausages with ground turkey and dill and other seasonings, to taste similar to corned meat. And you make your own thousand island dressing, subbing half the mayo out for Greek yogurt to make it healthier. Then sauerkraut and Swiss cheese and rye, smashed flat on the skillet. I don't make it often, but maybe I should as it's very good and we always enjoy it.
As the evening came on Jameson's cold got worse. I am not feeling great myself but am not sneezing or anything yet, so hoping against hope not to get sick. The last thing I need is to have a head cold on my first full day in the park a week from now. PLEASE NO!
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Next week's adventures:
- Tuesday all-day rehearsal at Disney
- Wednesday dentist appointment
- If Jameson's cold gets worse I'll make us some nice homemade chicken soup and crusty bread (chicken soup is another thing he can't have unless it's homemade, due to salt content.)
I am trying to forget that I spent all that time working on and submitting and stressing over that audition.
La la laaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The usual routine, and a trip to the grocery for dinner ingredients.
Jameson has submitted his graduate project for review, and actually got some feedback for once (many times his professors remain infuriatingly silent) so he was cheery about that. Which he should be! Very soon he'll have his master's degree!
I was surprised to receive a gig offer in the evening, a referral from the music coordinator who hired me for Tootsie and My Fair Lady. Somehow I didn't think she could? would? refer musicians to gigs outside of her employer/the touring company. But maybe she's an independent contractor and can do what she wants, idk. Anyway I replied to say that I "could" do the gig, but had to then inform them of conflicting Disney dates that would necessitate extra travel costs because the gig in is Massachusetts.
They ended up finding someone who was fully available, which is great. I would've liked the money and the feather in my cap, but it would've been a lot to be flying up and down the east coast and doing both the Disney performances and a full show simultaneously. Clearly this time it wasn't meant to be.
For dinner I made us a coconut curry with chicken meatballs and mango relish on brown rice, a recipe we've done many times before. Still good.
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Friday again with the boring day.
I've been putting insane amounts of pressure on myself to get this Disney music memorized by the 8th (my first full day as a sub in the park) and I think it's backfiring now. I've been overthinking and stressing on it so much that my brain is not retaining as much each session. Gotta relax and knock it off. No one has said I have to have EVERYTHING memorized by that date...in fact no date was given at all, just "work on it for June."
I've got 2.5 pieces left out of the TWENTY that I was originally given. That's pretty damn good, right?
Unless I'm the only person walking into the next rehearsal with 2.5 pieces still not memorized.
Dangit.
I hit my 30 hours of data entry for the week at least, so was looking forward to a nice day off there.
For no reason other than to get us out of the house, I offered to treat Jameson to dinner at Lazy Dog. We had a nice meal, they have some seasonal items that are pretty good. Partway through dinner I was surprised by a text from a trombonist with the Orlando Phil, who accidentally double-booked himself and needed a sub for a charity concert tomorrow. Could I step in?
This is the second random, out-of-the-blue gig I've been offered in as many days. It makes me think that something, somewhere in the universe, hears my internal heartaching about music stuff. My mom's soul, perhaps. Or an entity that loves me, for reasons unknown to me. It feels....strange....when this happens (it's happened MANY times and I've written about it here, but maybe I should list the incidents out in one post sometime)
Anyway, the money was good and I'm free, so I said yes. A day off would have been nice but money is money and helping out on local gigs is what it's all about. The one downside is that this is a VERY formal event and I am a VERY informal person; I don't even own dress shoes! Once we got home I was able to scrounge up an acceptable black dress and jacket, but will have to pop over to Rack Room or wherever for shoes tomorrow before the gig.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, Jameson woke up not feeling well. Some kind of head cold.
I went out first thing after breakfast to get the dress shoes. Options were extremely limited so what I got didn't fit right and wasn't what I wanted, but what can ya do. From there some groceries and another batch of bagels from my newfound favorite bagel place. It was early enough that their "Hot n' Fresh" sign was on, and when I walked in the door the lovely smell of fresh bread was in the air. Mmmmm. I got Egg, veggie, rye, and blueberry.
Back at home I got ready for the gig, ate lunch, and was off.
It was a debutante ball at the Orlando Convention Center. Quite the to-do. Young men in tails and high white collars, young ladies in white fluffy princess gowns and tiaras. I was subbing with the Orlando Chamber Symphony (a.k.a. the Orlando Phil But Smaller), which itself was taking this gig last-minute, so we had a two hour rehearsal beforehand. Because you don't want to mess something up and make someone twist an ankle in the waltz, you know!
The decor was somewhat cheesy to me, but if it made the debutantes feel special that's all that matters.
Rehearsing the dances, entrances and exits, etc.
After rehearsal we had a good chunk of time. I went to the garage to validate my parking.
"The letter 'N' on our keyboard is broken," the attendant said with a big grin, "so today your name is MEGA!"
We cheered and high-fived about it lol. Cute :)
I'd packed a lunch to avoid having to pay hotel prices for hotel food, so sat in the sun and enjoyed my pouch tuna, half-bagel, nuts, and Mezcla bar.
A lot of the orchestra members came over to introduce themselves, which I found surprisingly welcoming and really nice! Several people wanted to know why the trombonist I was subbing for was out, so I had the distinct pleasure of proclaiming, "He double-booked himself!" which earned a lot of guffaws and cringes. It's one thing to call out because you're sick or your car broke down or whatever, but messing up your gig schedule will get you razzed. A lot of people expressed that they were glad I could cover for him and that was nice.
The highlight of my night was a French hornist who came over to introduce herself, and while we chatted she asked where I was from originally.
"Pennsylvania."
"Oh," she said, "then are you here for school?"
I then got to enjoy telling her that I'm forty years old and very flattered that she'd take me for a student!
Finally around 6:30 it was time to hit the stage.
This was orchestra stuff, a few marches but mostly waltzes, peppered with speeches from the guest speaker (this guy). For those who don't know, the trombone doesn't play a whole heck of a lot in an orchestral setting, so to quote my circus boss, "The dollar to note ratio is skyrocketing!" Half the numbers were tacet, and the other half we played little accents and not much else. One of the easiest moneys I've made this year tbh.
In addition to the debutantes, there were some hired professional dance performances.
One was this duo, they've won something like six championships for their dancing. Very cool to see!
(CLICK HERE to watch)
Before I knew it we were done and packing up. I made sure to thank the personnel manager and conductor and my buddy Will on bass trombone/tuba, and the two trumpet guys who were welcoming and awesome to perform with. Who knows if I'll ever get called again but it was a good experience and really a wonderful surprise. Not only the gig itself, but that an Orlando Phil trombonist remembered me at a time of need. That makes me feel good :)
And now I've played with every ensemble that I interacted with during Disney's Candlelight! The Florida Orchestra, the Orlando Philharmonic, and the Main Street Philharmonic. How wild is that!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday I was up at 8, though I wanted to be up earlier I was tired.
Breakfast and data entry. To the grocery for ingredients. Trombone practice. I didn't try to memorize anything new, just hammered home what I've got, and that went well. After lunch I did a little more data entry but stopped early because I needed to just be still. Lying down with my eyes closed, listening to Jameson playing Fallout. Watching as my siblings texted each other about this and that.
I made Dude Diet "Reuben" turkey patty melts for dinner. Jameson has Meniere's, so he can't have Reubens because the salt content makes him dizzy and nauseous. And I haven't found any way to make corned beef without copious amounts of salt. This recipe has you make sausages with ground turkey and dill and other seasonings, to taste similar to corned meat. And you make your own thousand island dressing, subbing half the mayo out for Greek yogurt to make it healthier. Then sauerkraut and Swiss cheese and rye, smashed flat on the skillet. I don't make it often, but maybe I should as it's very good and we always enjoy it.
As the evening came on Jameson's cold got worse. I am not feeling great myself but am not sneezing or anything yet, so hoping against hope not to get sick. The last thing I need is to have a head cold on my first full day in the park a week from now. PLEASE NO!
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Next week's adventures:
- Tuesday all-day rehearsal at Disney
- Wednesday dentist appointment
- If Jameson's cold gets worse I'll make us some nice homemade chicken soup and crusty bread (chicken soup is another thing he can't have unless it's homemade, due to salt content.)
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