Well...I'm at the end of my journey. It has certainly been a long ride. First the Ted Talk.
Too put it lightly, it was a pretty bad experience. Feeling the anxiety for the whole day because your presentation is the last period of the day isn't a good feeling. It seems like, at least to me, the more you practice, the more anxious you get. Then having to wait for everyone else to present...yeah, not fun.
Surprisingly, they seemed to fade as I started presenting. Maybe it was the familiarity of myself with my topic, or how true my message was to me. But, going up there and presenting went pretty much according to plan (aside from missing a few slide changes). I had been intimidated by previous projects that had gone before me, but those feelings died down as I listened to my own transcriptions, seeing how far I have really come. When preparing for the talk, I thought that having to listen to myself play for a total of a minute was going to be sorta awkward, but it actually wasn't.
(for those who haven't seen it yet, here it is)
With no musical ear, and being able to create this, was something that I finally accepted was definitely achievement (of some sort at least). This one of the few projects where after looking at my final product, I was genuinely impressed. This was one of those good conclusions that I based my Ted Talk messages about. In that sense, I guess I will be missing this project. Now I'm not saying that I want to be be up on stage giving a Ted Talk to a group of 30 or so people again, but maybe the success from this project will transfer? I sure hope so.
From,
your friendly neighborhood transcriber
