What a feeling that was.
It’s not like music school is cheap.
And here I was on the verge of failing and wasting a shitload of money (I was already 3 semesters deep at this point).
So I decided to isolate myself from the world.
No parties, no friends, no distractions.
All I did was practice, sometimes for up to 11 hours a day, for months on end.
I was determined to stop lagging behind my classmates.
Luckily, I had the support system to pull this off because I was surrounded by other musicians and of course, my professor – the same one who dropped the bomb on me.
They helped me tremendously by giving me regular feedback.
Which leads me to my next point -