If your eighth grader gives a
piano recital at Carnegie Hall, does that accomplishment justify the 6 — 10 hours of practice daily
with a mother who says things like «Oh my God, you're just getting worse and worse»?
In 2005 his video game music performances included, in March, performing at the San Francisco Walk of Game ceremony
with Gavin Newsom in attendance and performing at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards at the Game Developers Conference, in May, performing at the BradyGames booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo along
with an MTV interview, on July 6, performing his
piano and vocal arrangement of Final Fantasy VII — Sephiroth's Theme
with vocalists Cindy Shapiro and Laurie Robinson at the Hollywood Bowl in the inaugural Video Games Live show
with 11,000 people in attendance, on August 26, performing a video game music and classical music
recital at Penny Arcade Expo in Bellevue, Washington, on October 13, playing 21 encores after his first video game solo
recital at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.
For example, the workaholic may resent splitting profits evenly
with the lawyer who leaves early to attend t - ball games and
piano recitals, and otherwise strives to maintain work / life balance.