Distractions, tricks and traps

I got some good work done on my orchestra piece. Will I be able to finish it? I'm not sure. I know I'll have something to hand in. Will it be any good? I will depend who you ask. The creative process is so strange. I compose like an old locomotive. The beginning is always rough, I slowly pick up momentum, then once I am up and running things are great. Time moves very quickly when things are working, just as slowly when things are not. At times I can be easily distracted, other times I am so focused I have no idea what is going on around me.

I had a Good lesson with my teacher Dr Matthiews last Monday. He isolated my problem and helped me make some tough decisions. It is times like these when I am reminded that I am still a student, and rely on the help of my teachers. That can be humbling for an arrogant and self absorbed creature such as myself. I had to scrap my beginning, re think some tempos and transitions... Most of all, I had to get some serious motive material to work with. I had been working on large scale things, not focusing enough on the micro scale. Micro continuity makes macro continuity. I find that I am never short of brilliant ideas for pieces. My problem is how to do the small tasks necessary to complete them. It's almost as if I can't be bothered with the details of my own work! This can lead to trouble because as of yet, I don't have a team of orchestrator's at my beck and call.

Dim Sum is fun for everyone! Kevin, Veronica, Danno, Dave and Marina all went to the Dim Sum Garden for happy hour today. It's always fun to see someone taste all those crazy little colorful items for the first time. I think it almost blew Kevin's mind! The Dim Sum idea was a success. Cheap too!

I found an An A 440 tuning fork. It was on the windowsill in room 308 at the school. It is mine now. If anybody asks about it, i'll give it back, but until then. It shall be mine.

Things on my mind:
1) Orchestra Piece
2) Brass Piece
3) Jazz Piece
4) The future of cyberculture in general. Is it healthy?