Klarinet Archive - Posting 000608.txt from 1998/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: "Professional" vs. "amateur"
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 06:14:31 -0500

At 09:09 PM 2/15/98 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>Professional status is not determined by schooling, degrees, titles, etc.
>It is determined by your association with:
>
>1. A Musician's Union
>2. Your contract(s) with various employers
>3. Your income
>4. Your known playing status/position in the performance world
>
>All of these things determine your professional status. You may be a
>member of a regional symphony that only pays $60 per service.....but you
>are considered professional. You may be better than the aforementioned
>professional player but play in a community band...you are amatuer. It
>depends on many variables.......for the most part, your union determines
>your professionality.......if you are not a member of a musician's union,
>you are not considered a professional musician.
>
Spoken like a true union man. That may be so where you are, but I don't
believe I even KNOW anyone who belongs to the union up here. All I've
heard are complaints about how worthless it is. I figure, if you get paid,
you are professional.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.