Bad Experiences Own Nothing

I had a really bad experience playing Monica’s Waltz for a vocal masterclass. I wrote about why the masterclass was awful and about the people involved and I even made a whole video about it. Then I decided to sleep on it. It’s a good thing I did because when I woke up I realized there was too much emphasis on the negative aspects of it.

One of the positive things is that I don’t remember a single piece of advice the clinician had to say on any of the songs I played for. So there’s nothing of him that exists in any of the music. The experience taught me to spot these kinds of people easily. It also taught me that you can’t always warn people about them and that some people won’t see them for who they are and that’s ok. All I can do is be who I’d want to work with.

In this job I play the same songs for so many different people and each time it’s an opportunity to experience something different. So even though I remember some things about the masterclass, there’s no attachment of the bad vibes on any of the music. 

I’m grateful I get that chance with music and I wonder what else in life can be like this.