As a musician, my performance career has been filled with failing at varying moments. Music is unique and in some ways, can be compared to the realm of medicine. For instance, each requires 100% accuracy, and each is vastly competitive. So competitive is the field of music that one of my greatest failures stems from it.
With week after week of playing, my hands were cramped constantly from the awkward position of holding the French horn. Yet, worst of all was the pressure blisters that developed from the hours of playing I endured to ensure perfection on the piece of music. As the audition date arrived my nerves were running rampant which is not uncommon before a performance. On the date of the audition though, I did poorly, almost as if
With week after week of playing, my hands were cramped constantly from the awkward position of holding the French horn. Yet, worst of all was the pressure blisters that developed from the hours of playing I endured to ensure perfection on the piece of music. As the audition date arrived my nerves were running rampant which is not uncommon before a performance. On the date of the audition though, I did poorly, almost as if