celani mori

Strange experience. Never before do I recall being in an orchestra seated by height.

it's not water.

...
(it's tea. it's always tea)

rule no. 1 of the orchestra is don't wear white socks to a concert.

rule no. 2 is don't ask what's in the thermos.

celani mori Violinist, composer, indie musician. Too punk for classical, too well-trained for folk. I play what I like. There are no other rules.

Want to listen to celani mori music but you're not on #Spotify ?

You can also find my first two singles on

Apple Music
iTunes
YouTube Music
Amazon Music
Pandora
Deezer
Tidal
iHeartRadio
and more

(There's also a secret third release on YouTube!!)

The Lady came back to another concert, sitting on the front row reading James Patterson.

I hope I am that cool one day.

Spooky.

youtu.be/b756FPiLlp8?...

You, you get it.

In my defense I had a concert the night before and @bookmarkedone.bsky.social kept is up half the night with writing projects

so really it should be impressive I could speak in any coherent manner and remember to walk forwards instead of backwards.

I walk into the music store. There is a new clerk at the desk. She says hello. I wish her good morning. It is 3 p.m.

when you get back late from rehearsal
(exhausted)
but it's 10 p.m. and Hozier is on the radio and you have a honeycrisp apple
and suddenly
life isn't perfect, but it is very, very good.

seriously what is the proper reaction to having a trombonist playing music down the sidewalk behind you

[enter, pursued by trombone]

@bookmarkedone.bsky.social : (stabs hand) oh I should write some music

this is *not* the inspiration for stabby song we requested

Heard someone mention "jack of all trades/master of none" recently.

...

clearly whoever invented this phrase never met bards.

Me: (works three jobs, is a member of two performing ensembles +gigs, produces my own music, runs a blog, designs album art, writes)

Me: idk I'm just lazy

I think we should make a habit of saying nice things about different music fandoms.

Swifties could overthrow empires with the power of friendship bracelets. Hozier fans have a solemn respect for porridge and moss. Classical music listeners have the dedication to loop one song for 275 years.

EEEE! :)

Vague music update? Posted.
Outer space? Scored.

Stay tuned…something new is coming. ;)

The Sad Life of a Grammar Snob So I’m workshopping short stories this week. I love workshops. I love the energy, the creative flow, the fresh perspectives you get from throwing writers together and saying “Go!”…

So after an accidental month-long blog hiatus (blame the misadventures of @celanimori.bsky.social ), I find not only have you lovely nosy readers kept yourselves busy by reading the archive of old posts,

someone dredged one up all the way from 2021 that I'd entirely forgotten.

I have an overdeveloped sense of perfection both innate and foisted upon me by the excessively competitive nature of my industry

is that chocolate?

#Musician Life:

me: yeah, so I listened to one of my recordings today and I didn't hate it! :3

literally any sane non-musician, crying: what is wrong with you?

'tis the season for "hey do you want to play a concert? it's tomorrow" messages.

don’t mind me
I’m just drinking tea and listening to a piano trio composed for a long-dead teenage prince
and wondering if it made him happy.

overthinking an audition outfit
it’s a blind audition
literally zero of the jurors will even see my shoes during the selection process
why do we do this

playing “is that phantom flute music or a pre-audition stress-induced auditory hallucination”

for once, phantom musicians are more likely.

ALBUMMMM

(I finally got to listen to it 😊)

so you get love in return, but what price do you pay? What do you lose? Your bad habits, your insecurities, your hobbies, your interests, your immortal soul?

“Your Idol” is frankly genius for the way it describes the comfort we find in music.

“Every time it hurts, play another verse…”

Losing ourselves to it, bit by bit, until it’s all that matters and we’d do anything to follow the music isn’t so far fetched.

albummm :)

one of my current favorite bands releases an album this week, and throughout the day my brain has been chanting

album album album album :)