Klarinet Archive - Posting 000720.txt from 2001/11

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] re: so you want to do this for a living
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 18:25:30 -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.

Am I happy Van Gogh, Beethoven, John Irving had other ideas in mind then
only making money! And what about scientists?

Rien

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