Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 2007/09

From: "Lars Kirmser" <syrinx@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Military Bands
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:05:16 -0400

True enough, but you were lucky to be in the military with a great president
like Clinton; he might not be so lucky (perhaps some serious looser like
George W.) I'm not at all surprised of his apprehension. - Lars

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Military Bands

> At 04:30 PM 9/23/2007, Crystal Proper wrote:
>>I found your response a bit harsh. Obviously musicians
>>join the military for VERY different reasons than
>>regular folks. And if the military wants to continue
>>to recruit high quality musicians, the whole
>>deployment thing needs to go away. I can already see
>>the effects in my band of great musicians separating
>>because of it, and in their places mediocre ones are
>>being hired because we're desparate for certain
>>instruments.
>>His questions were completely valid, and are not
>>unlike the concerns I had seven years ago before I
>>joined.
>
> Maybe a LITTLE harsh, but I could not stomach his proposition that his
> service would be based upon his personal approval of the results of the
> presidential election. In the military, you have to serve WHOEVER is the
> president, whether you personally approve of him or not. I had to serve
> under Clinton without complaint, so he can just suck it up and take
> whoever is in office, or find another venue to ply his craft. The other
> questions were a bit on the order of "What's in it for ME?" It is not bad
> in and of itself to ask such questions, but in the absence of any
> balancing questions the post looked overly self-serving to me.
>
> A positive thing for the young man to keep in mind: Clarinetists seem to
> be hard to come by in military bands. Such a shortage WILL work to his
> advantage if his attitude adjusts properly.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
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