America, you sound like a idiot's

The more i listen to people, the more ridiculous they sound. People with college educations, teachers, actors and public figures have never sounded dumber than they do today. Regular people are not safe from this affliction!

In a world where information is at our fingertips almost any time we want it, people's inability to make their verbs and nouns agree is staggering. If you are talking about many things "they are" or "they're" pretty cool. If you were talking about a puzzle and were commenting on the litany of parts there were; you might say "There are many pieces in this puzzle," not, "there is."

Now, this might sound contrived and ridiculous, but people didn't spend decades of their lives to standardize the spelling and grammar in our language so you could throw it all away just because you are too lazy to use your cerebrum and frontal lobe in tandem.

Confused about about whether you should be using "your" or "you're?" Google it! "There," their" and "they're" confusing you? I'm pretty sure there's an app for that.

I'm sure you could argue, "But Adrian, homonyms all sound the same to me. How would I tell them all apart?" Buy a book about grammar and read it. Then, before you open your mouth think about what you're going to say.

There are people whose first language isn't English who put Americans English speakers to shame. If you are one of those people who thinks that people should have to take a written test to become a citizen to vote, you'd better think twice about what you are asking for because there's a 1 in 7 chance that you would fail said test....

And this America, is why you sound like a idiot's...

Young Management

On November 5th, 2009 I started my career in fine arts management with the Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles. I was 24 years old, had no degree and knew almost nothing about the direction of management I was going into. I was not a classically trained musician. I wasn't to educated in classical music repertoire. I had decent knowledge of production management, but none of concert/artist management and relations. I knew very little of marketing, and I knew even less of orchestra finance. I knew enough of managing people, but not of managing parents.

But I did and still do, have a great attitude and work ethic. Which I have found will get you much farther in any position than being all knowing.

Managing 93 amazingly talented students from all over Orange County has become what I love to do because it stays interesting. There is no day that is the same. No day that doesn't have something that needs to be done, and no day where I am not completely happy with my job. Yes, there are days where the stress of it makes me wonder if it's worth it. But, what it comes down to is that at the end of the day, this program means a lot to the people in it and connected to it and making it happen for them is worth it.