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Hi Dr. Kageyama. Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge. I was away from home and forgot to pack my usb stick (among other things) with my passwords and was locked out…
My sleep is pretty erratic. I’m sure that makes things far worse, and it’s something I’m trying to improve. In grade school my mother was told by my teacher that I was a daydreamer. I specifically remember this because I was young enough that I had to ask how one could dream while awake.
Yeah, if the pressure is on or I’m engaged, then I can stay focused for longer stretches. A good example is mathematics was a chore when I was in high school, yet I found music theory compelling. I studied it constantly and by the time I took my freshman theory placement exam in college, I finished the test with an hour left to spare and was told to go straight into 3rd semester theory/comp; conversely, on my SAT exams, I found myself struggling and running short on time in nearly every section.
I suppose the best thing to do is seek an evaluation by a Dr. who specializes in this area and go from there.
By the way, I played a gig recently where 40 minutes into the set I made a minor flub. For a millisecond, due to the importance of the show, I almost went into my prior self-destructive thought processes, but instead, “there will be plenty of time to think about that later” flashed through my mind, and I was free; it was as if the mistake didn’t even happen. In that brief moment it all instantaneously clicked, and I got back to the business at hand. That liberating experience alone was worth the price of the course.
Thanks for the info and the program!
-DC
