[Ivory Tickler]

Although I have had a professional career in procrastination, I somehow wound up in graduate school (...meaning I wasnt ready to enter that twilight zone (gasp) known as the real world).

I went to a conservatory in where I majored in Piano Music Performance and minored in Mass Media.. (And to think I actually thought I could get a job)

"How has it prepared me"....the question is how much time do you have....
Firstly I learned the most important lesson in life.."Its all politics" ..I actually learned that sometimes your teacher "really does not like you". and there is nothing you can do about it.

Going to a white school I learned that they were not exactly welcoming to a chocolate sister who played everything from jazz to classical (and they especially hated gospel music)

However, with all of the drama of going to a conservatory I learned discipline...patience....strength...when to speak and when to shut up.....patience....how to clear my own path where there is no trail...and did I mention patience......

The internships I had was with the Columbus symphony, The Recording Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (aka The GRAMMYS) and currently I am at Steven Spielbergh's movie company Dreamworks (hey, nothing to do with music but the free advance movie screenings are cool)...What I learned most about my internship with the GRAMMYS was that everybody in the music industry, especially those who want to seem important, want to give you their verbal resume and whose "tour" they are on and when they go to the "studio" (blah blah blah). But I learned how to do things in a very professional manner, from interacting with artist to networking etc. I also learned that I dont like working for other people.


So currently I am a concert pianist.....(I decided this because it is obvious that I dont like to work a 9-5...and clearly I am a diva in training...yes I am the spoiled baby of the family) So lets just assume that if I dont become the next Lang Lang, or build a conservatory of my own, (or marry a rich guy)...lets just assume that I will be in a world of trouble.