Hello, I am an incoming Sophomore taking Jazz Studies at SDSU, and I have had this looming question over my head if music was fit for me as a career. As the title explained above, I haven't been motivated to put alot of practice time into my instrument, nor into my music studies. Last semester, which was my freshman year, I got low grades in both my aural skills class and my music theory class in my first semester, and I got a mediocre grades in my music jury as well. During my second semester of freshman year my grades recovered, but I was still lacking motivation in my music lessons, and I still did average on my music juries. Out of both semesters, the only thing that I felt content and happy with was when I was playing in jazz combos for the school. It let me ease off the pressures of the monotonous classwork we were given in music theory and aural skills because it let me do what I want to do; it let me put all my creativity into what I was playing without teachers telling you what was wrong or what was right. While I do find myself as someone artistic, I feel as if music has just become a hobby for me.
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