NYU

I've hesitated to put this up here because I'm still not sure if I'm going to do it - but for now, it seems likely that I'll enroll in an MFA program in Music Technology at NYU. It's a two year program that would 1) keep me in this awesome city, 2) get me a masters, 3) allow me to do the things I love to do (music and recording) and call it school, and 4) hook me into NY networks for music producing that could eventually land me a job (I hope!).

Until then, I'm going to work as much as I can to save up for the impending rent/tuition/etc. (i.e. financial doom) and travel while I have the time - all of which is really exciting for me.

I'm still loving my gig over at Grand Central… the work is straight forward, and there is a lot of down time where I am able to play my guitar (I wrote a song at work the other day!), write emails, read, search for scholarships, and check my facebook account (!) etc… the best part is that all of this is totally condoned (even encouraged) by my boss, who knows how the work comes and goes in swells.

Last night, while taking a water break, I ran into a fellow teacher from my days over at PS 53. As I'm leaning down to get a drink, I hear, "Mr. Katagiri!" and froze, thinking , "Mr. Katagiri? I haven't been Mr. Katagiri for months! That was an ancient incarnation! I'm just plain old Zach now!" I looked up and it was Mrs. Kwame - who I was happy to see - and we spent almost half-an-hour catching up. She cheerfully gave me updates on all my old students, and, having no emotional memory for negative feelings, I began to really miss those days… =)

Maybe when classes start up for me in September I can give my profs a little hell as a tribute to my old class, 3-305. =)

Hope you all are doing well!