The Post Your Thoughts of the Moment Thread 2

[Mr_Chicken]

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"Oh."
"Ig I'll see what happened to everyone."
"Do they think I'm dead?"

I'm alive (mostly).
Been pretty busy.
20 years is crazy
I found this site early 2020, and the sheet music has really helped me improve my playing. Thanks to everyone who has contributed, it's been really great.

[Tobbeh99]

I started arranging more for orschestra and different ensambles/quartets. And it has had me changed up a bit when it comes to articulation. When I arrange for piano I really like putting a lot of slurs a bit all over the place, as sort of phrase lines. But when it comes to orchestral instruments like strings or woodwinds. Marking things as slur actually has more of an implication. Meaning it's supposed to be played with a certain technique. For example playing some notes in one breath or playing certain notes in one bow stroke. Rather than on piano where it is more loose as it could be meant to be played as legato but could also be more a general phrase mark. As of such I started using the dotted slur more in orchestral arrangements when I want to show the phrase, but not neccessary have the legato effect (like playing certain notes in one bow/one breath). And the legato slur more sparingly, only when meant.

[E. Gadd Industries]

Welly well I'm back again to say conglaturations on the 20 years, as well as 5K sheets! Museum is also pretty cool Um... would folks be interested in a short story thread? I'm weighing posting some of my work online prior to the publication of anything official, but idk. Would potentially be good for feedback as well :<

[BlackDragonSlayer]

Welly well I'm back again to say conglaturations on the 20 years, as well as 5K sheets! Museum is also pretty cool Um... would folks be interested in a short story thread? I'm weighing posting some of my work online prior to the publication of anything official, but idk. Would potentially be good for feedback as well :<

I will always encourage people to make short story threads

[E. Gadd Industries]

Very cool in that case, look out for that happening, probably on Sunday.

In other news, anyone ever hear music in their dreams? "The DJ is Crying for Help" by AJR was in several of my dreams last night and it was such a wild experience. It feels so much more alive than hearing the song awake, idk. Hard to explain

[Tobbeh99]

Oh boy! Have kind of done some crazy thing lately. I've (sort of) learned La campanella by Franz Liszt. Yep. Back in the days like 2013 or so, I actually bought the sheet music. And then tried it a bit. But quickly ditched it as it was just too much. It was still very tough now, I mean the sheet music is a headache. But got through it. First I thought it was a bit as sort of fun thing, that I wouldn't actually be able to play it completely (and still not sure). But sometimes I actually play (part of it) quite well. So maybe. But y, the piece is still very tough, by far the hardest piece I've attempted. And getting through it is in itself very very tough! Feels good also to play more chill piece, some Beethoven and some Chopin.

[E. Gadd Industries]

So uh...

Medical problems blew up in my face and life became REALLY difficult (on top of an overcrowded semester). But, I learned that the issue is actually something I've been dealing with since I was a baby (according to my grandmother), and the most recent case was just a really, really bad flare-up. But now that I'm (mostly) out of the woods from this most recent incident, it's caused me to think a lot about the chronic medical problems I deal with and have done so since I was a baby. ADHD (undiagnosed properly, but it's there and I can give a lot of points to back me up on this if people are curious), food allergies and this other issue that, for the sake of being a decent human, I will not bring up on an online forum X')

So I've been doing some research into the three issues, and there's apparently a ton of literature on them and their interactions (though there is a notable dearth in addressing all 3 at once, which is understandable, that's very difficult to pull off properly without solid knowledge of the underlying interactions). But, there's no... definitive cause that has been able to be named? It sucks bc I'm in the middle of a PhD and I don't really have a ton of time to research this, but I really want to look into some self-experimentation that I can do to try and see if, somehow, there's an environmental factor (like a deficiency or presence of something bad) that is bringing the three of these issues together. Thinking about documenting my journey as well, since I know that these three problems are rather common, and this would be a documented process of "doing science" as it happens, and on myself as the guinea pig.

Anyway, health scare over, now I have the slightly less significant scare of being thoroughly behind on my work, which is going to be incredibly harmful and in-the-way for my returning to a normal, healthy life. Yayyyyyyyyyyy.

[BlackDragonSlayer]

So uh...

Medical problems blew up in my face and life became REALLY difficult (on top of an overcrowded semester). But, I learned that the issue is actually something I've been dealing with since I was a baby (according to my grandmother), and the most recent case was just a really, really bad flare-up. But now that I'm (mostly) out of the woods from this most recent incident, it's caused me to think a lot about the chronic medical problems I deal with and have done so since I was a baby. ADHD (undiagnosed properly, but it's there and I can give a lot of points to back me up on this if people are curious), food allergies and this other issue that, for the sake of being a decent human, I will not bring up on an online forum X')

So I've been doing some research into the three issues, and there's apparently a ton of literature on them and their interactions (though there is a notable dearth in addressing all 3 at once, which is understandable, that's very difficult to pull off properly without solid knowledge of the underlying interactions). But, there's no... definitive cause that has been able to be named? It sucks bc I'm in the middle of a PhD and I don't really have a ton of time to research this, but I really want to look into some self-experimentation that I can do to try and see if, somehow, there's an environmental factor (like a deficiency or presence of something bad) that is bringing the three of these issues together. Thinking about documenting my journey as well, since I know that these three problems are rather common, and this would be a documented process of "doing science" as it happens, and on myself as the guinea pig.

Anyway, health scare over, now I have the slightly less significant scare of being thoroughly behind on my work, which is going to be incredibly harmful and in-the-way for my returning to a normal, healthy life. Yayyyyyyyyyyy.

Sorry to hear that you're dealing with chronic medical problems I know they aren't often taken as seriously as more immediate, severe problems and don't always have a clear diagnosis (especially if they're autoimmune diseases) and treatment plan.

I think documenting what you're dealing with, both for the aid of yourself and others, is a good idea. Keeping track of how things develop over time and what steps work best to manage it is definitely helpful information to keep track of.

[E. Gadd Industries]

Sorry to hear that you're dealing with chronic medical problems I know they aren't often taken as seriously as more immediate, severe problems and don't always have a clear diagnosis (especially if they're autoimmune diseases) and treatment plan.

Well it's interesting because... especially with the one I'm dancing around rather than naming straight-up, no one talks about having it, so I didn't know that I was dysfunctional (and in a way, I don't know what's normal or if I've experienced normal). But I agree, it can be incredibly frustrating. The point of most frustration for me, though, is the tendency to treat symptoms rather than cause. "Oh, you have ADHD? Take this medicine to dampen your hyperactivity. It'll kill your personality, but eh." Same with food allergy. "Just avoid it bro"

And don't get me wrong, these things work well enough. But once you move beyond one or two conditions that you're having to deal with, it could potentially become too much. Especially if there's growing evidence that the conditions may all be related. That's how my mind is approaching this, anyway. I was fine to avoid peanuts for the rest of my life, and while ADHD was starting to become problematic for me with how this semester has been going, I was fine to just live with it or take supplements (I was considering doing that before I had to go to the ER anyway). But when I was told that this ER visit was a really severe version of something I've had my whole life, and upon further investigation they all seem to be related, then I thought, "Why the heck would I not at least do some looking into this?"

I think documenting what you're dealing with, both for the aid of yourself and others, is a good idea. Keeping track of how things develop over time and what steps work best to manage it is definitely helpful information to keep track of.

Absolutely. At worst, if I do find something that works, it'll be another case of anecdotal evidence. But I'm hoping to do this rigorously enough that it may be of scientific merit. Or at the very least can be repeatable for others dealing with these conditions.