Klarinet Archive - Posting 000667.txt from 1996/10

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Decisions, decisions...
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 13:51:12 -0400

>On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Steve Prescott wrote:
>
>> Kelly,
>>
>> In my view, and I'm sure - as usual - I'll encounter opposition,
>
>Well, gee Steve, I wouldn't call this opposition exactly, but a slightly
>different viewpoint...
>
>> Either you are a musician or you're not. If it's in you, you will stay with
>> it forever. You will play at your own funeral. If not, it becomes a hobby.
>> Music, to a musician, is his/her life; most of a musician's outside
>> interests are music related.
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>Basically I agree totally. I like the part about the funeral. Yet I
>think that not all musicians will have a lucrative career as musicians.
>Music as a hobby is not necessarily a bad thing. Many people get very
>wrapped up in hobbies, as I am in music. I have not found a professional
>niche in music as yet, but it occupies a good deal of my spare time. I
>still think that is worthwhile. My $.02.
>
>Rick

Rick,

Please don't misunderstand me, I don't believe you have to find "a
professional niche" in music to be a musician. I merely mean, as I stated
in a previous post, music is a calling. You don't have to be paid as a
"professional" to be a musician. It is the desire to make music that makes
a musician a musician. When music becomes as much a part of you as your
right arm (or left) then I believe you are a musician. That's my .02.

Steve

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu