Grant

If used within reason, swearing has benefits. I feel like it can help make you appear more relatable to people.

It's been good. Last week I spent some time setting up a plan of all the courses that I'm going to take over the next three years. It looks like a pretty full load of classes, so I'll definitely have to grind these next few semesters, but luckily I've gotten pretty used to being busy after taking 18 credits this last semester.

Welcome to the club!

With serious stuff, I've been doing a lot of school work as of late to hopefully finish the semester strong and strive for that 4.0. I've also changed majors from music education to economics and math, of which I will begin taking some courses this summer, so that has been on my mind a lot during this last month or so. With recreational things, I played a round of golf in March, which would seem to be a fairly safe activity during this pandemic as it requires everyone to be outside, several feet apart from each other (especially since I never use a golf cart when I play). Shortly after this photo was taken though, our mayor in my hometown closed the municipal golf course, so I probably won't be out there for awhile.

My goals for this year: Straight A's to get my transcripts off to a good start. To perform well in my upcoming ensemble auditions later this month. To come up with a reasonable daily/weekly routine this school year in order to properly balance academic, personal, and professional activities.

Lennie Niehuas - "I Remember You"

"Just By Myself" - Lee Morgan, City Lights (1957)

For those looking to explore jazz music more in depth, I recommend looking through some of the records on this Blue Note Discography. I am just beginning to explore all of these, and I am amazed how many great records came out of Blue Note during this era. I would recommend starting off with the 1500 series, as these featured some of the great bop artists of the 1950s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Note_Records_discography