vacation?
i guess this past week i have been adjusting to what many people would call "vacation". its been a bit disorienting because for the first time in a long while i don't have anything that i have to do until i go back to work in late august. i still have the retrace cd to finish mixing and i'm 75% done with my next one. with no summer gigs and the short term future of the pbe unclear, it seems easy to step out of the never-ending cycle of composing, rehearsing and performing (at least for this summer), and see what its is like to be "normal" again. already this week i read a book (p.k. dick's the game players of titan) , started to catch up on reading the last two months of the new yorker, and have endured my wife's looks of derision and pity while planting myself on the couch playing video games (halo 3 beta). usually i would feel quite a bit of anxiety without having a piece to write or concert to plan. what the hell, a few months of vacation never hurt anybody? (gulp)
posted by paul bailey at
12:29 PM
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Sometimes I get so into practicing or composing that it becomes unhealthy and my emotional stability suffers. I've learned that when I reach that point, I MUST take some time off. My deal is long distance motorcycle riding: I'll just pack up the Beemer and head out for a week or two... with no guitar or computer. I return refreshed and with a new sense of purpose.
I think all musicians need a healthy outlet of some sort away from music.
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