I definitely have periods of time when I feel like I am trying to keep too many balls in the air. Usually these times aren't when I am actually working, but rather between jobs. When I am in a show, or working on a project, I know exactly what skills I need to be keeping up. The script, or the director, or the circumstances are pretty easy to judge. The circumstances will be set, and I will know whether I need to use a certain accent, dance style, musical style or gymnastics skill walking in the door. If not before I start the project, then certainly soon after.
However, in between shows it is a whole other game. Trying to guess which skills you'll need for the next show is impossible. So, in vain, I try and keep everything going at the same time. And it's not just singing, dancing, acting and trumpet. Acting can cover everything from comedy, to drama, to tragedy. Classical and modern. Different styles and accents. Likewise singing can be contemporary, classical, opera, operetta, pop, rock and many other styles. Dance covers jazz, ballet, tap and the list goes on. It's impossible to keep everything up.
So here I am trying to stay afloat. Picking the trumpet back up whenever an audition comes up. Knowing that there is always more that I can be doing. But at least I am in a routine at the moment. My 100 days of self taping is giving me a medium to judge my acting and actually critique myself for once, something that is very difficult to do. So I actually feel like I am making some progress for once, rather than just treading water and trying to keep afloat. It's a nice change. I still feel overwhelmed by everything, but at least for the moment there is something that I know is working.
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