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Originally Posted by Stile442  With this current enviroment, trying to find work is very difficult. As much as I want to play for a living, I have begun to build my own IT business as well so that I will have something to pay the bills. |
Stile442,
Well put! Personally, I think this is the key... the ability to do what you love, but remain realistic. If you look at the history of society over a graph type format, you may notice that, as a society, we tend to make major swings from positive to negative and back again from generation to generation. This includes economy, crime, religion, style, art... and the list goes on. Chances are good that anything that is at a low currently, ie. live-music performance and the arts in general, will swing to a high in the not-to-distant future... creating abundant opportunities. The trick is to be able to support yourself in the mean time. Unfortunately, this means that some of us will be forced to do things we may not enjoy or even loath in order to survive, you know, like, joining the military!
No, seriously I love the Navy and would do it all over again if I had too!
I do think that any Music Major out there reading this thread should give heavy thought to a second major. There is not going to be an easier time in your life to do so than while you are already in school. Take it from me, someone that is currently trying to go back to school after having 9 years off, it is hard to motivate yourself once you are out for a while.
However, I don't at all agree that schools should make it a requirment to double major... I enjoy the, dare I say it, freedom of choosing my career path. The government is already too deep into what we can and can not do in our lives, the last thing I want is someone telling me how to make money. (illegal choices not with standing) At the same time, I think schools should make the proposition easier on the student. We all know that a BM or MM is a very time consuming and involved process, much more so, in my experience, than a MBA or Computer science degree... I guess I want my cake... and I want to eat it too!!
