Music major once again

I'm an official Music Major now. My paper has been signed by me, and is just waiting for signature of the chair, and then I will be transferred to a music advisor and I will shortly be scheduling my classes within two weeks.

I feel like I've come so far since my days at Post. I always wanted to teach music in some way since I was in grade school, but I wasn't ready to accept the fate of a music major I guess. It's constant practice, homework, and then you have the general ed classes which can be a pain. I'm glad I can minor in English here whereas at Post I couldn't (well I was a Music Ed major, so I was techincally minoring in education i guess?)

If everything goes right I will be taking 17 credits next semester which is a heavy load and I will be giving up my Thursdays at work because I am going to play in orchestra (I can hear the department shouting its praises after going after me for a year).

Jazz is going ok, not great. I'm having trouble with soloing, I'm just not as focused on it as I used to be. Between finding this new obsession with the broad term "classical music", and everyday life, jazz hasn't been in my life as much as it used to be.

My jazz instructor emailed me to suggest s few things, that I will apply to being a MUSIC major, not just a JAZZ MUSIC major. I understand, being a music major, there is a shitload of practicing which I am willing to do. I used to pay 4-6 hours a day in High School (between jazz practice, band practice, jazz combo, and then working at home, and working in the practice rooms). Sure I have to re consider my life, fit music back where it used to be. I really want to be a music history professor, and I want to study and research.

I'll manage.

During my audition, I met the other trumpet professor here and he was telling me about the (now out of print) Louis Davidson trumpet technique book. I actually own a copy because I needed it in CW Post, and he told me to warm up everyday on it. Right now I'm just repeating series I, and series II on it. I need a regular warm up routine, even if it means that the only thing I'm playing that day.

I think i'm going to try to incorporate the SmartMusic more into my practice routine, and actually practice my jazz everyday whether it be improvising a solo over the accompainment or just doing ii-V-I scale progressions over and over. Every bit helps right??