still musing in San Diego
August 14, 2002 at 2:43 p.m.
note: Reva is still fiddling away at Mark O' Connor in San Diego at the present
get ready for this Urmi!! Someone found my site today looking for "sexy+indian+with+sari+pics" hahaaaaa
It's all about my friends, heck yeah.
I got to talk to Urmi for almost an hour last night. I'm in such withdrawl right now, I can't even stand it. It's just too hard living this far away from her. My next move is going to have to be close to her, so I'll just suffocate.
She has such faith in me... being here amoing all these great, incredible musicians, I don't feel discouraged, but I do feel like I see a loooong path in front of me to get where I want to be. And it can scare a girl.
Violin - heck, any musical is a harsh mistress. A famous violinist once said "If I take one day off from practicing, I can hear it. If I take 2 days off, my wife can hear it. If I take 3 days off, my audience can hear it."
It's true! You can't take a break in this biz. I have a lot of freedom in my chosen profession, but at the same time I can't stray from my fiddle for even a day. It can drive you nuts sometimes.
And then I think of how much Urmi believes in me.. and how there's no way I can stop now, because I want to be able to play for her and all my loved ones so that they can be as happy as there musicians here make me. I am a musical missionary - gotta spread the love:)
My name tag says I'm from Colorado. But I haven't lived there full time in 5 years.
And I can't say I'm from Texas because I moved out months ago.
And I can't say I'm from Mesa Arimazona because I don't move in until next week.
So I am a girl without a home. No hitching post for me. I even have a freaking Minnesotan accent right now.
I reside on planet Earth, thankeemuchly.
My favorite jazz violinist of all time is up here - Darol Anger, and I just got a private lesson on chopping with him today. I'm goona figure ou chopping if it kills me. I've been trying it for 4 years and I still can't get it!
note: chopping is a verrry difficult process of turing your violin and bow into a percussive instrument - small slapping motion at the frog of your bow with interspersed chord that make the violin sound oh-so-cool but it's oh-so-HARD!
But a private lesson from the guy who invented it??
This could be a good thing:)
SUPERCRACK is doin' it doin' it!