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Re: how to make it starting out as a professional musician?

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-03-05 00:22

The first question to ask yourself is how well you play. The competition out there is ferocious, even for non-paying positions in amateur reading orchestras.

The second question is whether you can play clarinet to the exclusion of everything else. There are lots of people practicing 10 hours a day with no social life. If that isn't you (and it certainly wasn't me), fuggedaboudit.

If you are cut out for the life of a performer, you should already have a big network of people who know you and love your playing. If not, set about building it. You get jobs by having people remember you, who will recommend you and tell you about openings.

Ken Shaw

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