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hello my name is Chris Rosalyn and I'm a
classical guitarist that was August in
various megarace Prelude from la
Cathedral it was a piece that he
dedicated to his wife shortly after she
passed away this piece pulled me into
the class moves our repertoire and
became a catalyst on my musical journey
my musical journey has been relatively
short
I started playing an instrument at the
age of 15 and I didn't start playing
classroom car until the age of 19 in
high school I was an athlete I played
football I was team captain of the
football team and I had my identity
wrapped up in the game football inspired
me it motivated me I worked hard I
learned work ethic and like most
athletic careers and ended my senior
year of high school as a young 18 naive
18 year old I was robbed of my purpose I
was pretty empty I didn't know what to
do and I needed something to fill the
void at this point I've been playing
guitar for a few years nothing very
serious but all of a sudden my lessons
that I learned from football carried
over into my discipline of music and I
had a teacher my first teacher he saw
something in me and I saw what he had
and that was a life in music and I said
that's that's what I want to start
chasing so I was 18 and I was I thought
if I had a career in music I'm gonna be
satisfied I'm gonna be happy I was
really late to the game I had not had
the training that most people had at 18
years old so I did the same thing I did
as an athlete I set goals and I started
working I said small goals big goals
little goals short-term goals long-term
goals realistic and maybe some
unrealistic goals but these some goals
were subsets for others other goals
which are substance for other goals but
they were simply benchmarks that would
keep me on track for the ultimate goal
which was to have a career music but the
realization that I came to is every time
I finish to go
a new one would present itself it was
always a cycle of okay what's next okay
what's next and when I reached my
ultimate goal of having career music I
was like okay what's next and I thought
that we know when I was 18 if I set on
this path I'm gonna feel satisfied once
I had once I'm there once I get there
and am I ever really going to feel there
so there I keep saying there if for me
it's an idea that I think a lot of us
share I see it in athletes a lot where
they I want to win this game so I can
make the playoffs so I can be so I can
win the championship and the reason is
why so I feel satisfied so I feel
content I see it in people's life goals
a lot I need to go to school get really
good grades go to college so that I can
get a really good job so that I can
provide for a family have a nice house
and a picket fence what not and what's
the reason so you can be content but for
those that have gotten there who have
had a life goal and they've accomplished
it there probably isn't really there I
think of the Olympic athletes who come
back after winning gold and they spent
years and years thousands and thousands
of hours preparing for a moment that is
now gone and their purpose along with it
and Jim Carrey has a quote that says I
hope everyone can be rich and famous and
have everything they ever dreamed of so
they can realize that's not what they
wanted so chasing this idea of their my
revelation has been there is no there no
matter how many goals how many
benchmarks I achieve I realize there's
gonna be more work to do it's always
what's next what's next and this might
be sad and depressing for some but for
me it's been what has maintained a
healthy relationship with my musical
career is that I'm always going to have
places to go
always am going to be able to further my
craft the true value of the pursuit of
there is in the pursuit itself it's not
actually getting there I believe there
to be a fantasy these goals it's not
it's never been the achievement of a
goal that has deepened me as a person
but just having the goal that has
inspired me motivate
me and give gave me purpose so that I
can continue to work so I plan on doing
that for as long as I'm healthy and able
to set goals and chased after these
goals because that's what keeps me going
it's not there there is no there so I'm
gonna close with another Prelude in this
one by Bach my first guitar teacher was
playing this piece and my first year of
studying with him and I thought man if I
could play that piece I tried to play it
I failed for a long time but years later
I came back to it and I thought if I can
play this piece I will feel accomplished
I will feel as if I'm there
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you
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