About this Blog

"Life is short."

Chances are, if you've had contact with a human being in your life, you've heard this quote.

I can certainly see the merits. Carpe diem! Seize the day! Don't waste your life away thinking, "What if?" Do something!

However, I feel as though people take this mantra and take it to excess. Instead of doing "something," as in something meaningful, they do anything.

So I'd like to bring up another point.

While life is short, life is also long.

In fact, living is the longest thing we've ever done successively at this point in time.

So while I love adventure and living in the moment, I also believe in keeping the future in mind and having goals.

So how do we balance between the two? How do we do it right? The obvious answer is trial and error of course. We've been doing it all our lives, since we were babies. The square peg doesn't go in the round hole? Okay, let's try a different peg.

But as we grow older, our puzzles get a bit more difficult. What do I want to do with my life? I love my significant other, but is he or she the person I'm meant to spend the rest of my life with? How can I make my mark on this world?

These puzzles can be solved through trial and error as well. But you have so many options, and certainly not enough time to try out everything to find out what works and what doesn't.

Because of this, humans have developed an immaculate skill of observation. Since we don't have time to make all the mistakes ourselves, we learn from others mistakes to supplement our own.

We can learn from our friends' mistakes. Our parents mistakes. Our brothers' and sisters' mistakes.

We can even learn from strangers' mistakes, who generously tell their tales in the hope of helping someone else. We of the virtual call these people life hackers.

Life hackers may not have all of life figured out, but they have certain aspects down to a science. An example of such expertise can be found in Marc and Angel. You can check out their site for yourself
here.

I personally am not even close to having life figured out. I'm still in college...I'm constantly learning new things about the world and about myself as well.


So here's where the title of the blog comes into play.

Lessons from a Music Major

As the title implies, I am currently pursuing an undergraduate music degree. As an upperclassman close to finishing this degree, I have gone through the ups and downs of trying to make my way through the music world, and I'm sure I have many, many more roller coaster rides to go.

A lot of things I have learned through the knowledge of some more experienced friends and professors. I also learned a great deal through having a wonderful music program in high school.

But it makes me wonder what students do that aren't so lucky. If I think I have it hard, what about the person with a passion for music and no experience whatsoever in the music world?

There is no set guideline to music professionalism or etiquette. There is no set path to success in music. If you Google such a thing (as I have in moments of desperation), you'll get about 400,000 results that don't give assistance...for less than $19.99 plus shipping and handling, anyway.

So I thought it might be neat to try to hack the musician's life.

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That's the idea of this blog in a nutshell.