Gearing up for the 2012 Indoor season

Auditions are either underway or quickly approaching for the Minnesota drumlines. I've had about 2 solid months off of drumline and while it was nice to have some weekends and nights to pursue other hobbies and relax but I cannot wait to get back to it! There's nothing quite like seeing someone master a new rudiment, nail a drill move, or hear the music come to life.

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How to accept failure and grow as a musician (and a person)

I haven't posted on here for weeks due to the overwhelming volume of work that comes with running a drumline, working a 9-5, auditioning for a DCA corps and working towards a music education degree simultaneously but today I had a series of events occur that compelled me to get back behind the keyboard and share.

I knew over nine months before enrolling at my local university that I would need to begin preparations for the music scholarship auditions the following year.  One of the great features of this institution is that there are numerous music-specific scholarships available, however the size of the percussion studio (and music program in general) has swelled over the last few years, and the competition for these scholarships has grown quite intense.

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