@Ord_Folder Because most teachers at the school are performers rather than educators in the jazz program, D Vic is a real educator, and goes out beyond his way to give his students real life experiences so that they can be ready! I agree with you and wish that it was the same with the jazz p
anyways, no matter what you’re going through, if you’re having a hard time, just know that it’s valid and that you’ll pull through and get what you need done so that you can live your fullest life. not for others but for yourself
there’s a part of me that is scared to have left san jose, there were a lot of good things there and a lot of people i’m going to miss and i’m scared that i might never see or talk to them again. but on the bright side i’m looking forward to what’s best for me
i was genuinely so scared, being carted away at 1 in the morning only just to be stuck into a machine and at that point i just had every single mistake i made being reflected back at me because that has always been my first instinct
Thinking about how a lot of my talented musician friends, that I adore to death, grew up with broader opportunities with music. Meanwhile I would just sing Ladies Night by Kool & the Gang during karaoke day at school