reality

They refuse to hear a reality that differs from their own.

Normies, USA domestic people on average accept this idea of equality. Tell me how equality exists when Foreign Surveillance Laws are named and designed to target foreigners and their family members who are already US military or who are born dual nationals, or American? Yet, we are "equal"? The individuality of applicable laws at birth are quite different. The definition of USA constitutional equality is illusory.

Training Seal style as a woman

 Rare Hawaiian Monk Seal near my home. 

In my long life in the USA as a solo freelancer with international aspirations, I've taken 2 years of my life and trained with 2 different Acclaimed Navy Seal trainers.  One is infamous Coach Mark Divine's Unbeatable Mind Course. The other, a private Navy Seal trainer (who may have coached Mark Divine???) who teaches out of several MMA dojos in Hawaii, California, and Texas.

Cost Comparison;- Definitely for the average business person and to share;
I found Unbeatable Mind is a bargain near $1200 upfront by 1st Q of the program in $349.00 installments and is geared towards building up overall fitness and injury or

overuse maintenance. Place to walk and do cardio, Yoga mat, kettlebell, I picked up a cheap remote outdoor speaker to do yoga without earbuds in Hawaii's tropical heat, and I splurged on an Unbeatable Mind coffee cup. No extra stuff afterwards (unless I really wanted to add it;- ie., Creatine reccomended in the Nutritionist module that I stacked in my morning ritual),
No extra injuries, yet lonely and peaceable, while flexible and a break from the divas.  Just a really straightforward class to go with my internet phone plan or USB on a tablet.  Not only is it easy to take along to do by the beach park as fun training, but it is also scalable. There's even a nice nutrition guide for those too embarrassed to go to a nutritionist to do on their own. However, I'm vegan and the nutrition portion "lightened up" my routine too much, and I learned a couple things to adjust my Keto-Vegan supplement stacking to feel better. Even though I kept a gym membership while I did the course, The gym was mostly for machine cardio to use the helix, sauna, jacuzzi, steam room, and showering.

This was me in between regular training.

Downtime after the Private Trainer

Still fairly fit and going to the gym and after the Vegan-Keto switch I made with my own nutritionist due to Toxic Mold. However, I could only do cardio for 20-30 min max as a workout and I'd drop in an occasional hot yoga class.


The other personal trainer with a small class size;

Me in my mid 30's , on the far left.
I'm definitely not Navy Seal sized.

$365 upfront fee to T training and $200-$250/monthly membership fee with a physical dojo and trainer. (7 months till my 1st diploma was appx. $1765 with a lot of unexpected extra financial expenditure for the dojo). Training time was 3-5 times a week. And, I had to change my entire life (which I was willing to do for 2 months - sadly due to DeepState issues out of my control, I was stuck in Hawaii -- allegedly for my own personal safety). However, the urgency of sticking with training came into play. And, my classmates were REAL military with combat experience. It was not a nice environment to learn in. The rough talk was enough to push me to the edge by the end of the third month. However, others reminded me that it's the real reality of the REAL world. It's not as soothing as the Unbeatable mind presentation. And, as a civilian female, every single skill I learned was questioned since I had ZERO warfare combat experience.

 The other issue I wasn't ready to cope with, was kicking down non-vegan pizza (being offered a piece of crust to share), other food, and gas money for the guys, aside from other martial arts related items, etc. Basically, it became life in between sleeping and hitting the club to make much-needed cash. Nothing was left. It was life. I spent up to 50hrs a week at the dojo or training and supported everyone as the lowly petite civilian female peaceful piano instructor who really wasn't welcomed in there despite instructor interventions. It didn't prevent the guys from lashing out at me either.  And, real EXTRA fees of recovering from injury, chiropractic adjustments, trips to other dojos and ingredients for secret djao recipes from full-on hits and just sheer overuse came into play. So, luckily, this trainer was also skilled with several healing modalities as a professional sports trainer and international paramedic.  When I initially totaled the receipts - food expenses alone came to about $3000 for them in 2-3 months. All other supported acts of kindness were in $20-$80 out of the blue increments. So, it does become a lifestyle and an expensive one. Just keep in mind, I brought my own gi, my dingy white belt, and a duffel bag to Oahu.  I got regular training and some self-confidence building of showing up even if I was dragged out of bed or my tired body was dumped at the room I rented,  Total:  1 yellow belt, 1 orange belt after 7 months. My Krav 1 diploma came a year or later. Little kids in dojos across the world will laugh at me for my 2 belts forever. I get the difference. They say this stuff should help me somewhere along the way. Yet, I'm missing something a bit less uncertain in training.

Viewpoint: Piano performances

 repost from July 24, 2011performerspiano.com by Angela M. Kneale

"performers-reality-groundrules"

Where can you find a guide to "ground rules" of being a pianist? Do audiences today and interested persons have any idea of how difficult the actual work is to arrange a song, write a show, improvise to the atmosphere, or even accompany someone on a demanding duo? And then, most people take pianists to be inept business people and "too nice" so they will often times, in person, jerk you around with the conditions of your participation. Once a collegue of mine at a non-profit school (who hated me and was a female over 300lbs heavier than me) tried forcing me to play a show without paying me a deposit for my time. She even left a twenty dollar check from someone I never met on the floor for me to pick up behind her. Needless to say, I showed up to the event and asked her for the deposit check (a minimum of $130 for back then) and she said no she didn't have money for me from any of her 40 students. I walked out refusing to play since they were prepared with a boom box and recordings they were familiar with. Mind that there was no rehearsal. Alot of people, even collegues will try to bend you out of shape by soaking your time and running you into poverty when you could work on something more financially solid or even fun.  If they aren't your favorite person, don't do it. I had a collegue violinist then of the Philadelphia Orchestra who brought a technically demanding, modern and rare piano accompaniment to me just for fun. We rehearsed it within a week. After the rehearsal she said to me "I gave this to you because I knew you could do it faster than anyone." I was happy to take the compliment and hear the piece aloud for the first time. Unless the person is appreciating your music and artistry, make sure you impress that you work for pay and aren't the "minority" to be walked all over. The general public doesn't "appreciate" (depreciates) such things unless they invest in it. If so, leave and find better people who will appreciate your musicianship.
Here are some general guidelines that the average Classical music professional follows as soloist:
allow minimum of 3 months time to book:

• Piano concert (for some musicians up to 1 year) $3000+ per concert
• Live music for a Wedding and commisioned Wedding march ($250 to $6000 average-- Special:                                   if you want a celebrity like Elton John you'll need much much more!)
• Background music for Parties of 1.5hrs to 3 hrs max ($250-$600+)
• Accompanist for an entire Broadway show already written (price varies- compare to accompanist price below)
• Professional commissioned works range from $500-$16000+ on average (for 1min to 25 min. of music)

One week to 3 months

• Accompanist Pianist- $130  to $500 per song/piece - 1 rehersal plus performance 
• Soloist Pianist- $50- $100+ per classical solo piano  piece (ie., at a church service)
• Piano Instructor- $20 to $500/hr - Many good studios and schools expect a student to pay tuition and commit for a Quarter up front. This spares the instructor accountant fees and the student, wasted lesson time to collect funds rather than learn. Usually @ $20 the student and/or teacher are still trying to memorize where the keys are on the instrument. $100+ is a teacher more dedicated to creating a high quality recording artist or live performer. 

Note: The above rates are not meant to be non-profit rates, where schools typically use your name/talent for a profit for themselves entirely.  Non-profit schools are financially worse to join than being a church musician. Church musicians have some financial exceptions in the United States. Concerts given at churches are usually supported by a "cover charge" ranging from $5 to $50+ for the evening's concert.
And, as an accompanist, don't feel "bad" for your vocalist. They can pay you. Vocal coach/teachers today charge on between $50 to $500/hr. Any decent recording quality professional vocal teacher/coach will be $200+.