Oh... The Irony

When I decided to stop doing software engineering to do music full time, I had a very clear reason. Getting up at 5 AM to do music before my engineering job was exhausting! I could only do 3-4 hours on a good day. It seemed that always I would finally hit on something & have to leave to go to work. It truly sucked

These days I am back getting up at 5 AM again! Wh-what? My over 3 hours of German school starts at 13:00. The bike ride there is 30 minutes & you have to be early to get a decent seat. I have over 90 minutes of homework every day if I do all the vocabulary at the end of the chapters to include conjugating the verbs. We do 1-2 chapters every day.

German school wipes me out much in the same way that my engineering job used to. It's the equivalent of taking your brain & putting it inside a blender.

I spend a while online apartment hunting every morning. That takes longer than you think.

I do my DJing/track hunting after class.

I definitely need more time with my music. So 5 AM it is.

I have 3 more months of this to be able to take my fluency exam.

I was thinking about taking a break but my closest German friend made a very good point. He told me you know you will never go back. Once you get used to an easier schedule you won't do it. It's now or never. You have to suck it up. You can do it!

So I'm doing it. It's seriously ironic that I'm back to this.

Back In School

I am back in school. German school. It's pretty intense. 3 hours per day 5 days/week plus 90 minutes of homework every day. I am really enjoying it though. My professor has mad scientist hair (think Albert Einstein). He's completely fluent in smart ass in both German & English. When he told us it was time for a break I was blown away. I will say that I am definitely tired at the end of class every day. The brain workout is something.

Somehow, being in German school is really good for my music production & music production helps me with my German school. Don't ask me how!

In  > 4 months I can have my B1 which means I can work anywhere in the world that requires German fluency.

Yes I am. I am going to be successful at languages, music production, & DJing all at the same time. Don't ask me how I am going to pull this off. I know I am going to be seriously tired but it's the good tired. I am very very determined though.

For six years all I have wanted was to live in Berlin & be fluent in German. For 11 years I've wanted to make fabulous music.

Now is my chance & I want to make the most of it. I am living my dream :-)