Klarinet Archive - Posting 001441.txt from 2000/12

From: "Dan the Rubber Band Man" <saxman105@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] audition pieces.
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 23:51:55 -0500

I understand where you're coming from on the G.I. Bill, but if I go on what
the individual recruiters say once they find out my dad is a retired Chief
Warrant Officer 4, they kinda cut the crap and tell me the "truth" cuz they
don't want him to discredit them I guess. But the forces usually do have a
shortage of reeds. Right now especially in clarinets. and yes, the "Female
instrument" thing is going on at my highschool too. I'm the only guy
clarinetist and I've gotten so much flak for it, but I've made first chair
in the top band for the past three years, and they've since knocked it off.
But yes, the Army is the only force that has paratrooping. I guess you could
call it a 2nd generation paratrooper in the family would be awesome. To my
dad and I at least. My mom isn't too hot about the idea. But I'm really
looking for the experience and the money for college later on. but the
G.I.Bill I was told about by the army recruiters was 20,000 for 2 years,
40,000 for 4 years, and 50,000 for 5 years. And the 100 dollars out of your
pay the first 12 months too. but for the Marines it's substantially less.
That and Basic for them is hell on earth and I've researched it and I could
not endure the stuff they go through, just to play music... The Army Basic
is about the middle of the road for Basic training, difficulty wise that is.
But thanks everyone for all the great input!

Danny Ehrhart

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] audition pieces.

> At 01:14 PM 12/31/2000 -0500, Danny Ehrhart wrote:
> >Tony,
> > I have actually considered all the forces, marines (boot camp is too
> >hard for me), Navy (musical skill level too high for me, most have a
degree
> >is something music), Air Force (ok, but not as much money in thier G.I.
> >Bill), Army ( I grew up in an army fam. and they give you up to 50,000
after
> >5 years in the service, and I want to be a paratrooper also). So the army
is
> >my best bet right now. and they have bands in Germany, and I want to go
> >overseas and travel a lot. But thanks for the input, I am always looking
for
> >other peoples P.O.V.'s on the Military bands.
>
> I may be mistaken, but when I was in the Air Force, G. I. Bill benefits
> were exactly the same for ALL services, and I believe they MUST be by law.
> You may be suffering from some hyperbolic selling by your Army
> recruiter! Of course, the paratrooper thing is strictly Army.
>
> I once had the pleasure of sitting in with an Army band while I was on a
> 10-week temporary assignment in Panama. That band had only THREE
> clarinetists. I got my chance, sightreading in an outdoor concert,
because
> one of THEM was in the hospital (I had originally gone just to HEAR the
> concert, but volunteered my services when I saw how shorthanded they
> were). According to those guys, there is a chronic shortage of reed
> players in military bands. I suspect it is in part because in school
bands
> these days, clarinet is seen as a predominantly FEMALE thing (just
> reporting, not agreeing with this idea), and there are relatively fewer
> females in the service.
>
>
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