New Music Seminar 2012 Day 2

Planned on writing this post last night but I passed out as soon as I got to the hotel so that didn't happen. Yesterday was day 2 of NMS2012 and it was so much easier than day 1, I had a much later start to my day and didn't have to worry

New Music Seminar Day 1 in NYC

This week I am in NYC with two of my friends volunteering at the New Music Seminar. Day 1 was a very exhausting day. I came here expecting that I would have to work but I didn't expect the amount of hard physical labor that I would have to do. We arrived to start the day at 10 AM and from that point until 6 PM and then intermittently until 1 AM I was constantly loading boxes and equipment in and out of Webster music hall where everything is taking place. What was difficult was not the labor itself but rather having to carry so much equipment up and down multiple flights of stairs. Adding to the misery is the fact that I couldn't sleep the night before and ended up with less than 2 hours of sleep. By the time we left Webster Hall to catch the PATH train to Jersey to go to our hotel my body was beginning to shutdown on me and only a hot soothing shower would do the trick and allow me some relief from the muscle soreness.

Luckily day 2 doesn't start quite as early and should be a much easier day. We shall see how it turns out.


New Music Seminar 2012

Second time around

This morning I decided that I wanted to start writing a blog again. I made the choice to delete all of my previous posts, which hadn't been updated in over a year, and start fresh. my blog used to be a kind of therapy for me and that is just what I need in my life right now. I am going to force myself to get in the habit of writing at least 1 post per week to get back into writing regularly.