I have talked at length about my experience with trying to get into BMI and then getting in. So much so, that I thought there needed to be a page to put a bunch of those posts together. So, here it is. (Also, note: I’m pretty sure I have mentioned BMI sooooooo many times in a random cursory manner in the middle of other stories (e.g. years ago, mentioning how much I wanted it). I haven’t included every time it’s mentioned… just the main ones. So, without further ado:
The Audition Process
- Part 1 (The Set-Up)
- Part 2 (Songs I Applied With)
- Part 3 (Getting The Audition Email)
- Part 4 (The Audition Instructions)
- Part 5 (Should I Do A Meta Song (Like I Did In My Packet)?)
- Part 6 (What Should I Do For The Ballad?)
- Part 7 (What Should I Do For The Comedy Song?)
- Part 8 (And What About The Up-Tempo Song?)
- Part 9 (My Spinning Head)
- Part 10 (Other Things To Think About)
- Part 11 (In The Words Of Avenue Q… What Is My Life Going To Be?)
- Part 12 (Prepping For The Trip – Get Those Paperclips)
- Part 13 (Monday Morning With B)
- Part 14 (Changing Songs – The Night Before)
- Part 15 (Writing A New Last Verse)
- Part 16 (My Walk Around NYC As I Discover Problems In My Song)
- Part 17 (Changing The Last Verse At 10:30pm)
- Part 18 (Final Prep The Night Before)
- Part 19 (Going To The Audition)
- Part 20 (Performing My Second Song At The Audition)
- Part 21 (The Question Portion Begins)
- Part 22 (The Question Portion Ends)
- Part 23 (Going Home)
- Part 24 (The Results)
Having Just Got In!
- Part 1 (How This Will Affect My Job)
- Part 2 (The Job Stuff’s Working Out)
- Part 3 (Weird Announcing On Social Media)
- Part 4 (Keeping (At Least) One Foot In LA)
- Part 5 (The First Time It’s Been A Bit Scary To Move)
- Part 6 (Thinking Too Hard About The Flights)
- Part 7 (Wouldn’t It Be Great If Friends Could Read My Mind?)
- Part 8 (Finishing Out My Brain-Ful-Ness)
- Part 9 (Forget The Anxious – Look At The Awesome)
My First BMI Weekend!
- Part 1 (It’s Really Happening!)
- Part 2 (Random Airplane Thoughts)
- Part 3 (Going To The First Class)
- Part 4 (The First Day At BMI)
My Downfall At BMI
- Part 1 (My Beautiful, Perfect First Few Weeks)
- Part 2 (The First Collaboration Was Kind Of A Wreck)
- Part 3 (The End (?))
- Part 4 (It Just Hurts)
Some BMI Thoughts
- I Think I’m Actively Making Myself More Miserable
- But You’re Not A Quitter!
- I Miss Autonomy
- But It’s So Unfair! (…And Look What It Could Have Been)
BMI Post-Script
- So What Did Happen With BMI?
Part 1 (I Want To Repeat)
Part 2 (…So I Am) - “Failing” BMI Was Surprisingly Kinda One Of The Best Things That Ever Happened To Me
(BMI coincided with my posts on sexual assault
and the below posts are the ones relevant to that)
The Missing-Ish Piece of the BMI Story
- Part 1 (The Preamble)
- Part 2 (Some Context)
- Part 3 (Feeling Pushed Out)
- Part 4 (I Felt Too Uncomfortable To Go To Things)
- Part 5 (I Quit Because Of Him)
- Part 6 (“But You Were Already Failing, So What Does It Matter?”)