Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 2006/04

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:24:35 -0400


----- Original Message -----
From: "sarah elbaz" <sarah@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education

>>> >
>> Dee Flint wrote:
>>
>> Yet it is necessary. We've been having kids graduate from high school
>> with
>> straight A's who cannot string together an intelligible sentence and who
>> cannot balance a checkbook.
>
> Most of the gifted musicians that I know are usually very inteligent and
> educated. Is it possible to be a good musician with out beinng able to
> "string together an intelligeble sentence" . no.
>
> ? Are we going to be so selfish as to put
>> non-survival skills on the same level as skills necessary to function in
>> society? There's been decades of neglect that, unfortunately, require a
>> bit
>> of overdo to set right.
>>
> I am surprised that you call music a non-survival skill - for many
> musicians it is a mater of survival.
>
> Sarah

In our society, being able to read and understand what you are reading is
essential for all jobs including musicians. Even to a musician, good
language skills need to have a higher priority than their music skills if
they expect to really make it in music. Look at all the competition out
there. There are already enough musicians to fill each available job many
times over. Way too many have to have a "day job" to make ends meet. When
there's so many to pick from, do you think anybody is going to bother with
the guy who can't fill out a job application or write a decent resume?

It is a matter of priorities. Regardless of one's lifestyle, job ambitions,
talents, or abilities, decent language skills are essential.

Dee

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