| Lessons?
Hi Tony,
So I think I'm doing pretty well in Minneapolis. I'm taking your/John McNeil's advice of taking every gig and free rehearsal I can and the calendar is slowly starting to fill up (with increasingly more gigs than free rehearsals even!).
My question is about contacting other freelancers. I've been able to meet the guys in the orchestra by taking lessons or playing in master classes, but a lot of the top freelancers don't teach, or if they do, they primarily teach beginners or high schoolers. I guess it goes back to the taking every gig you can mantra, but are there other ways? If some new guy in town calls you to go read some duets for fun sometime, is that a faux pas?
Thanks so much,
Jimi |