Well, I just finished numbering about 2000 measures (including copies), and my hand is sick.

Wednesday, November 4: Piano competition

Huge day. Only plus side is that I get to miss school. So I have to get up at 5:30ish, and be ready with everything by 6:30. It takes over an hour to get to my competition site, and we're sparing an extra hour in case of traffic. I have to be checked in by 8:30, then I have 15 min or so to warm up. 9:00 is my official play time, and I'm second on the list. Poor guy who has to go first, lol.

Anyway. This is the state competition, in which the winner will move onto national. If things are the same as last year, there are three judges, and it's done as open-auditions (in a concert hall where anyone's welcome). Also, this is the last year I qualify for the junior division. The requirements are 20 minutes maximum of music (I have 22, but they'll cut me short if necessary), and all done by memory. Scary. Next year, my age will force me into senior division, which has more specific requirements. I'm not sure if I'll be doing that afterwards.

I, in no way, intend on winning, though I'll try my best. There are 18 participants, and I have a 1/6 chance of placing. Third place wouldn't be bad at all. ;D But...last year I had a 1/4 chance of placing, and I didn't. Let's face it. I'm up against people who practice 2+ hours a day and are most likely going to pursue music as a career. Maybe there's no need for me to beat them. They deserve what they get, and I deserve what I get. Regardless of the results, I'm really happy with my playing abilities and accomplishments.

So guess what I have to say? BRING IT! >8D
If you care to listen while multi-tasking or whatever, here's my repertoire: h*ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBDAklpf8X4&feature=*PlayList&*p=C02BC9380D19B57F&index=0&*playnext=1

[Hrm, emoticons on dA won't let me put in the link. Just take out all the * when you paste this into the address bar.]
I was too lazy to actually record myself. Pretend I play that well, except I don't. My fingers can move extraordinarily fast, but they hit wrong notes, which doesn't do me any good.

~Art~

I really hope to start my studies this weekend, covering the following areas (possibly in this order):
-Face (proportions, variations, shading)
-Body proportions, and some...area shading.
-Hands and feet (might do this during school, cause I have an available reference)
-Hair (fun >_> )
-Perspective
-Textures
-Drapery
-Light and shadows (even more fun >_> )
-Basic background objects (trees, clouds, etc)

Can't think of anything else.

Happy November! ^o^