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Guys,
I am really really sorry about the competition. It just so happened that despite my initial enthusiasm for taking over the competition, I failed to think about how busy I might be towards the end of the school year. The competition ended on the 31st of June, and at that time I was extremely busy trying to finish a piece for the school's new music festival which took place the following week. I also hosted a friend of mine from Portugal between the 29th of June and 8th of July and I didn't want to spend a lot of hours in front of the PC (in fact, we merely spent any). What's more, I don't have internet access in my room, so I have to go to the school which closes at 10pm, so I can't work when I've got most of my free time.
Between when my friend left and the 19th of July when I actually returned back to Greece I had been looking for places to stay next year, something which I still haven't done and am still doing. As you realise, finding accommodation for next year is higher in my priority list than the competition, and I think it would be higher in anyone's list, not just mine. From the 23rd of July onwards I have been away from Athens, with something like three days again in Athens on the 12th of August before I went travelling in Italy and France on the 15th (since when I've had seldom internet access, and when I had I only checked my mail and found vital information like addresses of youth hostels etc). I only just returned yesterday and have 6 days in Athens to see my family, my friends, prepare for moving back to London and find a place to stay for me and my sister.
I am not trying to excuse myself, I should have finished with the reviews before the deadline, I know. And it's true that I have started writing all four reviews, some more finished than others. But, if you've read my previous reviews, you must know that I don't just write whatever pops to mind and that's it - I actually do want to write a really good and constructive review that will be helpful to the particular contestants but also to anyone else who reads it and finds it useful. I do invest a lot of time and effort in those reviews, and that's why you might say "oh, but you've been active in the forum throughout the summer"; but just leaving a short or funny post at random threads isn't merely as much work as writing the reviews the way I do. Lastly, none of the other judges has ever sent me a pm or a review, so I guess the group of judges was not successful this time.
What saddens me most, though, is that throughout the thread (after the deadline) all I saw was nagging, swearing and lack of understanding. I saw a lot of people going like "where the fuck are the reviews" but none saying "hey guys, it's summer, it's august, maybe he's away?". Here's some news guys: some people actually do have real lives.
Anyway, I think I'm not interested in the monthly competitions anymore. I mean, it was fun writing those reviews I wrote, but as you all know IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library is open again, and I plan on investing more of my free time to IMSLP/PML again rather than writing reviews here. Unfortunately, I haven't been active on IMSLP/PML either, but I plan on being once I settle down in London and have a lot less things in my mind.
I hope this post clarified some things to those wondering. Take care.
-Laonicos
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Aug 5 2008, 4:08 AM
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