Am I me without the flute?
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Who are you without your instrument?
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This actually helped me. Before watching this, I was exactly as you described; "strictly the flute, and the flute only". I'm a senior in high school now planning on majoring in music with the flute and I'm happy to have come across this before I left and become consumed by music in college.
I am SO glad this helped. I really wish someone had told me this before I got into music school too... Would have saved a LOT of headache :)
This really struck me!! I did an MFA in poetry, but I was really young. I didn't have a lot of life experience to explore through writing. The MFA experience was intense, and while I did earn my degree, I was left completely burned out. I have resisted writing since then because I am afraid that I can't do it anymore. Your video reminded me of what I would lose if I never wrote again.
That stuffed animal that is in almost every video, is so cute and she puts it in some pretty funny positions.
I love him so much
Yeah, I went through a bit of a crisis. Your thoughts/stories? I'll brb to answer comments, breakfast first! ;) Hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday!
what do you visualise when you play the flute? does it take you to a happy place?
You know, actually it doesn't always take me to my happy place. I visualize a lot of things, and it really depends on the music I'm playing. Music can span all different emotions, so I tend to relive emotions I have experienced before. :)
Well, when region tryouts happened, me and my friend Theresa whet to the TOP BAND after school practices. It was a really cool moment and i felt like a was in the 1st band instead of the 2nd. I made region auditions (So i could go to the contest) i sadly didn't make the actual region, but it was an amazing experience.
OMG I had this extreme bonding moment with you in this video. I think I feel exactly like you do. We are both flutists (though I am not a professional) but it is not our personality. Beeing a flutist, beeing a visual artist, beeing a writer or dancer, these are DECISIONS we make in life, but we couldn´t just not do anything creative, anything to express ourselves emotionally because we ARE artists. We seek beauty and we seek ways to show others beauty because that is what and who we are.
Very interesting to hear this.
I feel kind of the same way you used to:
"I am the bassoon; the bassoon in me"
I have a piece of paper above my bed to remind me in my waking moments, as well as the last moments of the day, saying this:
"You are nobody without the bassoon"
Love this! Most people that know me think of 2 very different aspects of myself. They think of the accountant that is serious and very good or they think of the reader/healer that is here to help. But there is so much more to me. I have incorporated my love of many things into my music and my love of music into other areas.
For example. All the knitting patterns I create can be seen as some form of musical counting. I do this because when I am knitting I will sing a tune to myself so help me keep track of where I am at without having to concentrate on counting as much. I listen to music when I work on clients accounting stuff so I can concentrate harder on what they need me to do without getting bored.
It took me a very long time to find myself but once I did I was able to see how everything fits together and makes me a more interesting (at least in my mind) person.
I agree with the comments in the video. My experience is from the opposite perspective. I started to play the flute in 5th grade and played until I was 24. Then I didn't play for 40+ years. I was busy with family and work, and most of my recreational time and resources went into my primary hobby, sailing. A couple years ago, I had my flute refurbished and started to play again. Last September, I started taking lessons again. So, the flute was the neglected interest, but all that time "flute player" was on that secret internal self-definition that we all have. I'm very glad to have picked it up again. It's great to validate that part of my inner self.
By coincidence, my son, who will soon turn 40, made a comment on FB this week. He said there are lot of people his age who are participating in hobbies who are not as good at it as they would have been if they had done it continuously. The 20s are a difficult decade to keep up with a hobby. Ask any new mom!
Thanks Johanna. You're speaking to my soouuullll. Currently have hit the other end of the pendulum... I'll work through this
This is so relevant to everything I've been realizing this year. Thanks for posting!
wow,really makes me think
I'm not a music major (I'm studying conservation biology), but I still practice almost every day. I quit band going into my first year of high school because we were afraid of the time commitment, and then pretty much stopped playing altogether. The next year, I became friends with someone in band and she encouraged me to join my junior year- better late than never! I appreciate making music soo much more after that. Now that I'm in college I'm a member of the flute choir and in the spring I'll be playing in the ensemble that's open to all students. I'm glad I listened to that gut feeling that something was "off" in high school, because I can't imagine not doing something that I love now, even if it's not my career. Many thanks to my friend back then, and to your videos for inspiring me to keep playing!
That's awesome!! I'm so glad you paid attention to yourself! It's really easy to neglect a part of you that you might not think contributes to your main craft, but it's still a part of you, and you can't neglect yourself. Stay awesome! :D
I loved the last two videos! Being a musician is really not only about playing well an instrument. You have to know yourself and know how to balance your life. PS: the shirt you're wearing is beautiful!
Growing up a lot of people told me that I can't be a dancer and a violinist. That my dancing was taking away from violin and that was why I wasn't that great. When I started music school it really got to me and I tried very hard to quit dance. It caused problems with my family because many of them are dancers, and not musicians, and it felt like they weren't supportive of my music every time they tried to convince me to come to a dance competition. Now I'm in 4th year and I know that my dancing may have caused scheduling conflicts with some music opportunities, but never made me any worse of a violinist. I think that's why I joined Dr. Bob's laptop orchestra. Its the first time I've gotten to work with dancers and musicians so harmoniously, and without feeling guilty or angry towards dance.
HOLY CRAP you're part of Dr. Bob's laptop orchestra!!! That's awesome!! And yes, I totally agree, dancers and musicians should be able to work harmoniously together in the first place. We're all artists :)
JustAnotherFlutist Yep, and it's been awesome! But I only got to dance for one composition for laptop orchestra so far. We have a bunch of dancers already this year. I was inside the sound booth with a mic so that the processed sounds from my feet, and not the natural sounds, would be the only ones heard. Dr. Bob said dancing in the sound booth doesn't count though and I think he wants me to be like an atonal Lindsey Stirling or something lol
ATONAL LINDSEY STIRLING 😂
This is awesome! I'll definitely try to do this sort of thing over my winter break and try and go back to school with a different approach to playing with this in mind. Awesome video!
That's awesome! Good to have a small retreat from the flute to discover other parts of yourself :)
Oh, golly. This is exactly what I needed to hear. I am a ballet dancer and it is easy to make ballet life.
I really hoped this helped! :) I love your name too, btw :D
I adore all your videos but I had to comment to say that this one was particularly good! Loved it :)
I think I am in this world also, finding myself without music. I am currently studying as a Music major majoring in Classical Singing Performance. When I am not practising, I am doing translation work or diction work, when I am not doing that, I am on youtube watching classical music (many about operas and art songs), or I find videos about technique and body posture. Before sleeping, I think of my repertoire, and when I wake up, I would always think, is my voice going to be alright? I think I am so caught up with music waaaayyyy toooo mucccchhh....haha...now thinking myself without my instrument (which is rather tough cause....I am the instrument lol), its hard to know who I am in terms of identity. I think I should open my mind to more things to find myself as a person, and not as a musician-to-be. Thank you for this video! Its like a wake up call for me to learn to search about myself! :)
I don’t play the flute but I just love your videos! Such great life lessons.
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Aw, thank you!!
Omg this was literally me I saw someone play and I fell in love
This was very eye-opening.
I'm really glad ^_^
My first thought when I saw the title was "Who else would she be...Julia Roberts?" lol
I learned the hard way not to compare myself to other people...because I am not them. I don't live their lives, I don't have their situations, I don't have their income, etc. Concentrating on myself has made me a better flute player and better graphic artist (what I'm currently studying).
Oh my gosh, you played the Professor Layton games! I adore those! You should definitely play the Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright crossover.
This is awesome! When I was 16, I failed a standardized test and because of that test, I spent a year and a half without being registered for an ensemble and I was depressed. One of the things that I do during my free time is watch Disney Movies. Also, I was first introduced to the flute when I was 10 and that was because my dad played but even before that, out of all the instruments in the orchestra, the flute was the one that compelled me the most :)
Might I suggest that you find what exactly it is that you love about Disney movies? (I freaking love Disney too!) It might open up another layer of yourself :)
JustAnotherFlutist What I love about them is that they give me hope that good things will happen for me😃
Ohhh, that's so lovely!!!
i play percussion and i really am cosidering playing flute as my second instrument should i learn to play for the concert band in highschool and drums in marching band plz help
Can you review a Lefreque or two please! I'm curious if they really work, and before I ask for them for Christmas
OMG Is that fried egg earring?! so cute.
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Dis is gonna be a good one
I hope it lived up to the hype! :P
I found this video incredibly inspirational!
So I just took a flute exam and I completely bombed because I had a super dry throat and I was really nervous- can you please make a video/reply to this with how to get over nerves when performing? Thank you! x
Oh good grief. I know the feel. If you haven't seen it already, I have a video about the time I totally bombed a beginning-of-the-year flute placement audition for music school and ended up playing the piccolo. I think it's called "How a Failed Audition Led to the Piccolo" in my "Story Time" playlist. ;) You're not alone, chin up! :D
Ellie Mead That happened to me a few weeks ago when I auditioned for a band. I was the the youngest to audtion(which didn't help either) The very next day? My throat is fine.
JustAnotherFlutist Thanks so much for replying! I'll check out that video for sure, and thanks for being understanding haha x
One thing about getting a dry mouth. Try scraping your tongue against your molars before you play. At least for me, that little bit of pain gets the saliva flowing, which can help seconds before a solo.
J Dot Trumpet ah thank you I'll try that next time!
Hello!! I really love your videos and they really help me with playing and enjoying my music. The thing is, my back really starts hurting when I play for too long. Do you have any advice on how to deal with it or how to avoid it? X
When you failed an audition and then you watch JAF
Ethan_Mic1122 I'm sorry.😔
same
Ethan_Mic1122 Oh you poor soul... better luck next time
hi, i love your videos, the Key on the left of the first finger of my left hand, when I play F, it doesnt cover completly the hole. How can I fin it? sorry for my english
Get plugs! :D
I meant right xd
More plugs!! :P
Wooooow Jo!!! I really love when the vloggers get real!!! I don't know why... I feel like I connect with people even more so... Obviously because you're talking about your personal matters!!! I just recently finished a peer employment training, which prepared me to work with people in my county that have mental/behavioral health issues. As a peer specialist, these are the exact real things we talk about. The parts that you cannot neglect. Even as a peer specialist, we are told that we have to take care of our self interests too, because if we don't, then we can become mentally unhealthy... I don't know how to word it correctly... But, the opposite of being Mentally healthy, and not necessarily mentally unstable either. This is why the change for my major from business to sociology. But after hearing that you didn't have to take math for your degree... Hmmmm... Can I drop my sociology and just go into music now!!! LOL!!! Just kidding! But, this is why I really want to get into my new major of sociology. I really love being able to be a peer support. I love TAY (Transitional Age Youth [ages 16 - 25]) and the senior citizens, because they go through this same dilemma that both you and I have gone through. Finding ourselves for who we are and not what we are. Like you, I too would say, I do this or I do that, etc. But wasn't able to say I am .... After the peer employment training, I am now able to say that I am.... My computer is about to die, so I'll end it here.
I'm a clarinet player and I went through the same question of why am I a musician and am I me without the clarinet. I'm 15 btw
I can't even imagine ripping the foundation of my life out. Like what is there left behind without what I do?
I love❤️️her bacon and egg earrings.
Hahaha, thank you!!! 'Tis indeed the season for eating!
Hi, i am a fellow flutist but...I have a problem. I am in the band at my school, my teacher plays the clarinet, so I can never really practice one on one with her. Should I see if she can take time out to practice with me? Please reply
Everything you described in this video is basically me: flute, music, (saxophone), video games and art. Do you have any MORE tips on playing the flute *and piccolo* (I have been watching your channel for a while).
Ps, could you watch some of my videos and give some tips pls...? 👍🏻😀
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Honestly, you know who we are? We're people who can't do things casually. That's about it. Be it flute, piano and math (for me), RUclips, whatever ... we immerse ourselves. We're immersers.
Updated: You know, regarding the whole "Why do it if I can't do it like that other person?" thing, there's a wonderful quote from Martha Graham about this: "There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it! It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
I love your earrings
Life without the flute is not worth living
I'd have to take a different perspective here. There's still a lot to live for even without the flute :)
Cant belive you replied
Thanks so much!! :D
Hey Joanna!! I'm actually in the Seattle area for Christmas! Is there any way we could like schedule a meet up?!?!?!
Ah no! I'm heading out of town for Christmas! D:
IF ya wanna be happy, clap your hands. If you want to be successful, work your ass off.
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Hello!!
You had an episode with depression? So did Rachmaninoff He came out of it like you You're in good company !! (subscribed because of this video)
It's playing the violin! You always have him in the background. Is it something really special to you?
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WHO AM IIIIIIIIIIII, TWO FOUR SIX OH ONNNNNNNEEEEE (sorry im a huge les mis fan)
Bacon an eggs
Did anyone else notice her earrings 😂
Do you play League of Legends? :D
Hi Joanna,
This is very good. Just to let you know that I have sent a email to your fans email address. Thanks for these RUclips videos we really enjoy it.
Cheers.
Wow I am so early
Hi^_^
Hello! :D
JustAnotherFlutist oh my gerrd!! You replied!😄 Great video btw,very relatable for me
I'm so glad! :D
Hi
You're so good at flute
Aw, thanks so much! :D