| Hi everyone,
This article is really spot on in addressing the importance of being an entrepeneur. Trumpeters that were in university in the early to mid 90's and before are in a totally different generation than those that entered in the new millenium, because many of the older guys have been programmed to tink that as long as they sound good, people will come. (This still goes on depending on who the teacher is, so beware for your own well being). I can use almost any orchestra as a prime example of this because they all have some empty seats except for maybe the NY Met. I can name several great players that i know personally that don't believe in the idea of self marketing. They would fall under the dinosaur category. I hope musicians will read this article and then look in the mirror and say, " what did i do today that will convince one or more people more come to my next concert?"
Video conferencing has been going on for years for large corporate events, Space shuttle anyone? The technology exhists and musicians are dismally behind the times in this respect. Imagine listening/watching and even playing in a masterclass via live data streem. Freiburg to Montreal ? It could happen. McGill , err, The Schullic school of music at McGill university has such technology and it has already a broadcasted live concert video feed to LA from Montreal.
We as university students (most likely) must take more initiative in pushing for positive evolution of our future. I could keep going....chiao
Philippe
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