https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYtdpvwnVsY
It's an interesting little piece, sort of challenging. It took me more time to put this one together because I had to redo most of the parts several times...I dunno, I felt like I had a bad playing week last week.
Anyways, to kind of give an update, everything's just going okay. None of my family has gotten sick at all. We're all still able to tolerate each other, so that's good. One nice thing about our kids being as young as they are is that they don't quite understand the scale of this virus and social distancing and all that. They don't show any fear about the virus or sadness about the social distancing. Good for them.
My musical life is...happening. I don't have as much time to work on projects, but I guess it's okay because I don't need have anything done right now. But I have been cranking away at an arrangement of Mars for large brass choir. And other arrangement ideas have been forming. I really want to buckle down and write something original, but I'm not sure if I can focus on that right now. It's hard to compose with such a distracting life, anyways. But...I really feel like I need to write some original stuff again...it's been a year.
I've been actually spending the majority of my free time practicing or recording. I'm pretty motivated to practice a lot right now. I just want to get better, and be elite. I have such a long way to go...
I again reiterate the sorrow I have for all the musicians out there not earning income, and how uncertain their futures are. I hope this doesn't mean an end to any of theirs careers, or music careers in general...no, it can't. People will support musicians after all this, I'm sure they will.
The a very difficult thing for me to do is stay positive. But dammit, I'm going to try! You all do the same!
Take care and value music.