u/saucyranches

Hello! I'm 18M and an incoming freshman at SMC studying Business Administration.

I work out, i'm really into classical music in a non-snobby way (if you play an instrument or are classically trained PLEASE DM ME 🙏), and I'm a BEGINNER at cooking... I tried it a few times but I figured I'd really immerse myself once I'm in college.

These are just a few of my interests; I have a couple more things I'm into but I didn't want to put every single thing on here. I'm not very picky with what interests my friends have honestly, and I'm very willing to pick up a lot of things (I'm also cool with joining clubs! my schedule is kind of light for my first semester).

Also, I don't use social media (instagram and tiktok), so I apologize if that's inconvenient

Feel free to reach out!

I'm completely new to HYSA. I just started learning about them 3 days ago and W-O-W is there a lot to it. My current money, around 6k, is just sitting in a basics savings, and now (18.5M), I realized I should be taking my finances a hell of a lot more seriously.

I initially went with Marcus today, however they denied me (I think it was because I don't have income?), I believe Marcus might be really good for me in the long run. The only other ones that seem good was CIT Bank, and maybe Everbank.

CIT Bank's platinum savings would be good since I can keep that 6k (I am in a fortunate position where I do not have to worry about expenses in college) sitting there. However, I've heard very negative things about customer service and UI.

I don't think I've seen Everbank mentioned once outside of a quick search and a far scroll down.

I know everyone's experience is different, and I think the differing opinions on this, especially everyone's different financial situations, is what's throwing me off.

I just want a safe place to put my money (they say they're FDIC-Insured, but so does Wealthfront but apparently they're a FinTech and I just don't know if Forbright is FinTech or if I can lose all my money there?), but I don't want to start somewhere that is terrible.

I have my account opened but I haven't put anything in it, what do you all think?

I (18M) have been working out from home since April (so about 4-5 months). I have a hard time keeping staying locked in to do the next set, because I tend to use video games as a buffer to help gauge my next set. Most of the time I rely on Roblox games. So it would be a quick 2-3ish minute round and then immediately I'd jump back into working out.

I've noticed that although I only allocate as this being my time for long/community based video games (I also play the mobile games tsuki adventure and neko atsume 2, but those are way less time consuming than Roblox), I tend to get that desire to want to play past it. A week ago, I would play Roblox for about 3 hours a day which is less than ideal as I am starting college at the end of August.

Basically I'm asking a couple questions. What are some methods to slowly cutting out video games from working out? How are you all able to work out and gauge the right time to jump back into a set? What do you do if you feel like it's time for the next set but you feel as if you can't complete the reps for that workout?

I tend to get sidetracked and lose 30 minutes researching a new topic I found interesting on my laptop or something else would catch my attention and I lose focus from working out. I want to stay more disciplined and it's slowly killing me that my routine that should take 1 hour at most ends up being a 3 hour endeavor.

Also, to clarify, I'm not saying all video games are bad. In my position and where I'm heading down, I think it's time for me to put down making "playing Roblox" a part of my routine.

I'm about to start a whole ear training journey. I only play flute for fun and unsure if I'll even join ensembles; I simply love music and want to learn more about it. However, I'm unsure if it's even worth it to spend money (buying Sonofield's premium) or even to put time into it.

My primary goal was to get better intonation, however it seems I've gone down Max Konyi's pipeline of recognizing scale degrees. Don't get me wrong, I full-heartedly believe this is a SOLID ear training practice, but I'm nervous that my original goal, intonation work, will be forgotten as a goal (as I noticed I got slightly engrossed in this exercise until recently as I've asked myself, "why am I doing this?" again).

I understand intonation is mostly done through practicing your instrument with a tuner, I just want to train my ear to hear when things are off.

Any advice?

I recall seeing a prior post talking with, I think, a tesla car and everyone agreeing they made a mistake parking there. My confusion made me realize maybe I should look into Santa Monica's driving rules, or more specifically unspoken rules.

I'm not the most confident driver (meaning I feel like I still check all my mirrors and look over my shoulder and stuff more frequently than my more experienced peers), so I felt it might be best if I look at videos or hear from the subreddit before I attend smc.

I'd also appreciate advice for being a pedestrian too. I typically stick by the rule "cars have the right of way" because a lot of the drivers where I'm from would rather DIE than stop for a pedestrian, but let me know if there's anything else.

I've seen professionals talk about how they avoid the original fingering like the plague, i've seen some say it's the only right way to play it, and I've also had a fair share say apply it to segments that repeatedly use Bb or scales for keys in the flats.

I'm honestly curious what you all use, when you use it, which you prefer, things like that (I'm trying to make the decision to keep teaching myself how to apply it or just go back to Bb thumb key).

Also, could someone tell me whether using the Bb thumb key is the american style or french style? And also can someone tell me where to find more things talking about the smaller things about flute like this? I LOVE listening to people talking about anything flute related; whether it's history, the science behind how it works, or just anything.

edit: I completely forgot about the lever key. That one as well

I (18M) used to play flute and aspired to be a professional flute player, ideally in an orchestra. After a 1.5 year break, I decided to come back to it, and have been practicing for 5ish days returning back to my old playing, strictly running through fundamentals. Also, please don't get me wrong, I absolutely ADORE the flute, but I think my mindset is what turned the love in obsession. I don't ever plan on going back into it fully professionally, strictly as a hobby, but still I notice my mindset falling back into that "I'm behind," or "Is it worth it if I missed 1.5 years worth of good practice?"

I want to go back into it like I did and relearn music theory, ear training, technique and all of that stuff, especially since I'm going to head off to college, but I feel so awkward trying to find that middle ground of enjoying it strictly as a hobby. I find myself looking through colleges trying to orient my future on best areas for flute teachers/professors, and later realize I was going more overboard than I should've.

How do I enjoy classical music as a hobby??? How do you all do it?

I'm in the process of moving soon and I wont be having a flute teacher for about a couple months. I also no longer have access to my old flute (a miyazawa 402) so I'm playing on my Pearl Quantz 505. I'm not really sure what to practice as I haven't had a flute teacher, nor played, in 1 1/2 years (I am now 3 days back) and I don't want to go back into this doing the wrong things. I originally wanted to play flute professionally but now I'm taking it back in as a hobby and I'm not really sure how to enjoy it as one (please give me advice on this too haha, I know it might sound like it's a chore for me but I really really love the flute. I've just never looked at it as a leisurely thing for me).

I've been focusing on the fundamentals like scales and arpeggios (playing through all my majors), tone exercises (de la sonorite), and etudes here and there. I'm trying to keep it light but I also miss how well I used to play it and also how long I played it for. Would you guys suggest anything else I could do that couldn't go wrong w/o a teacher? Or am I looking at this wrong from a hobby perspective? Feel free to give me any advice I appreciate everything 🙏

I also just recorded a voice memo of me playing through Karg-Elert's Caprice No. 1 so if you think it might help with your advice I wouldn't mind sharing it, thank you again!!!

I'm trying to return back to flute after 1.5 years. Flute used to be something that consumed me entirely, and now I'm too afraid to start and relearn bad techniques, or not know where to start learning and getting credible sources. I only have my beginner flute (a pearl 505 i think?), however I'm unable to play it for a couple months due to personal situations.

I was thinking of practicing straight musicianship (sight reading (rhythms, notes, chords, scales,), ear training (chords, intervals, ), audiating, and music theory) and fingerings for those couple of months until i can play flute again. I feel like I'm in an awkward position of remembering enough to maybe skip ahead? But forgetting some things that are considered fundamental. For example, I feel like I am forgetting the correct diction/language when addressing things. Like how I was just about to refer to practicing etudes as "playing" rather than "studying" as I've seen more people refer to that action as. Or remembering to keep a relaxed embouchure, or more importantly, having NO tension in your body at all.

For context, I left off at just barely learning dutilleux sonatine after working on the Hue fantaisie and ibert concerto 1st mvmt, about halfway through studying karg-elert's etudes, and used to perform as principal flautist in my youth orchestra. I hope this can provide more clarity on why I feel advanced in some areas like easily reading ledger lines but then completely losing my ability to hear intervals or how sharp or flat someone is

I'm trying to move forward in life without letting it consume my mental health any further, so if you have advice on that too i'd greatly appreciate it 😅 Any amount of helpful info is greatly appreciated

I'm sure you all probably get a lot of these so I'll do my best to try and cut to the point. I (18M), have been getting a lot of issues with falling asleep and staying asleep. These issues have become very prominent since last week (so it's been going on for about 2 weeks), but I've just been struggling with sleep in general. I would avoid sleeping (staying on my phone and/or laptop until my body just falls asleep). Also, I've been sleeping during the day (usually from 9-11am-4-6pm) and would stay up at night. My old sleep schedule would usually have 4-7 hours of sleep, and I'm starting to think the effects are catching up to me. I'm starting to misunderstand things, my emotions are out of line (more irritation than usual), I can barely focus/forget constantly about tasks I'm working on (I worked on this paragraph for about 3 hours), and seeing sometimes stuff. I have major depression disorder and generalized anxiety disorder if that matters. My sleep schedule has been like this since January. In a way, I used to avoid sleep because my dreams were usually me reliving experiences I weren't fond of. I exercise 6 times a week (PPL), and I try to go on walks (usually at night) AT LEAST once a week. When I wake up now I usually have a headache until I can fall back asleep later in the day. I've just been taking naps at odd times trying to find ways to fall asleep.

Reciting all of this makes me realize I could have a PLETHORA of reasons why my sleep is bad, I just find it odd that I am now struggling with sleep months after having this type of sleep schedule. It may just also be an issue that shows up later after repetition, but I'm curious what your guys' thoughts are. Feel free to ask me anything or to clarify anything, I'm sure my ideas are all over the place.

Let me know what I should try out first, things I can try to work on now, I'm just tired of feeling like I'm losing my mind haha