Klarinet Archive - Posting 000680.txt from 2001/11

From: klarinet <klarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: so you want to do this for a living
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 19:09:42 -0500

Making a living playing clarinet - the same odds as becoming a professional
basketball player. Give up the dream. It is a great hobby, wonderful
relaxation, enormously fulfilling, but a dead end for producing income.
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From: "David" <reedman@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] re: so you want to do this for a living

> And be sure to have a backup plan as you more then likely will be using
it.
> Statistics for professional musicians state that for 10,000 music
> performance graduates in a given school year, only 150 will get jobs in
> performing.
> Try to be one of the 150, but prepare to be one of the 9,850.
>
> David Blumberg
> http://www.toptempo.com
>
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