Klarinet Archive - Posting 000238.txt from 2005/12

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Pieces that Drive you Nuts (was Nutcracker)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:11:24 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Bandy-Smith [mailto:patricia.ssmith@-----.com]
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:13 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Pieces that Drive you Nuts (was Nutcracker)

KEVIN J FAY wrote:
> 1) What makes you a "professional"? Is it because you get
paid to do what
> other people do for recreation - like clarinet or golf?
>
> . . . or is it that you had better be good at it next Tuesday
or you don't
> eat? Does making one's "play" into "work" suck all the joy out
of the
> endeavor?
>

I was once asked this question by an attorney during a
desposition related to a lawsuit, and was well prepared by my own
attorney for the answer.

The proper answer is very objective: do you pay taxes on the
money you earn as a musician? If yes, you are a professional.
If no (or if you don't get paid anything), you are not a
professional. This subjective purple prose about attitude and
quality and dignity and as such means very little.

Dan Leeson
dnleeson@-----.net

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