Also bombed an audition

In my defense, university band is supposed to be non-audition. I have no idea why flutes and clarinets are supposed to do one now.   

I did what I could, but I was busy with Cenote and data structures review over the weekend, plus ADHD being a butt, so I didn’t touch the piece until like an hour before it was due. 

That recording was quite possibly the most atrocious thing I have ever made come out of that clarinet. An abomination. A Lovecraftian monster, if you will. It sounded awful. And I ran out of time because it was due at 8 pm, plus I have computational creativity homework to do tonight. I did long tones and sounded decent. But the dang thing was supposed to be at 160 tempo (I probably played it at 60 tempo) and it included a crapload of sixteenth notes AND 7/8 time.

I did not put enough air into my high notes and I messed up at least one altissimo accidental. Ugh. I got owned 3 times in one day. TikTok coding challenge, Twitter coding challenge and subsequent rejection, and then this band recording. 

Fun fact, my parents stopped letting me take piano lessons right before I was supposed to learn about odd meter. And I quit high school band due to conflicts with my director before I learned it on clarinet — plus the only formal lessons I’ve had have been group lessons. 

I do very much miss the beginning band days when I was almost always either first or second chair. I know I can get back to that with enough hard work and time, but holy HELL that recording was ATROCIOUS. 

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