Prepping for my next audition, I got to thinking about all of the nuances that I've come across during my prep work and during my audition that could have helped me and could have hurt me.
There was a discussion on the list a while ago about when one plays in an audition (1st or not 1st) and there was almost a consensus that playing 1st would be in ones favor. Whether this is because of psychology with the auditioning panel, or being prepared for a specific time, or not stewing around in a practice room and listening to other players annoy you, well it could be anything. I was reminded of this as I was trying to calculate the number of hours I have prepped so far for this audition (including fundamental exercises and a warm up every morning) and calculated that at my current rate I will prep about 100 to 125 hours for this next audition (which is about 40 days multiplied by 2.5 hours playing each day and some change). The last audition I had, I went first and prepped about 100 hours into and did fairly well. The one before that, I prepped about 60 hours and didn't do as well as I wanted to. So, I wonder, if a survey could be handed out to audition applicants during auditions to find out how much prep work they've done coupled with their audition time and audition order if one could find any patterns as to their audition results? I suppose this could be done by giving a very specific survey to determine how many hours they practiced instead of asking them to write down a number, then letting the personnel manager write down the order of who won and sending in the surveys. I know it's probably purely academic, but I do wonder about patterns occurring in every day things - and wonder what patterns that human psychology will play into audition results. This sounds more of a psychology thesis than a music thesis because it can apply to acting and any sort of audition or even sports tournaments, but I thought I'd share my thoughts with the group. -William _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
