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From: KField@bbna.ARPA (Ken Field)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Careers in Music
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 19:36:16 EST
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>III.  Careers in music:  Am I the only person on the net who is currently
>studying for a career in music?  (I'm a pianist.)  Are there professional
>musicians on the net?  Is anyone considering a musical career?  Has anyone
>tried it and given it up?  Am I the only one who thinks I'm crazy?

I'll join what I perceive to be the consensus:  If you plan a
career as a performing musician, you should generally plan to
be happy not making much money at it.  I am currently the sax
player in a Boston-based funk/new-music band called Skin
(watch for our forthcoming EP).  While we are doing rather well
by local-band standards, I make virtually no money from the deal.
On the other hand, I enjoy it immensely.  While there certainly
are musicians making a good living playing music that they like,
I think *most* musicians who are making a living at it are playing
music that they *don't* particularly like.  If you can arrange
to support yourself non-musically and can still find the time
to do music that you like, you end up with a pretty good
situation, I think.

-Ken