| Re: job race
Pursuing an orchestral career is a pretty demanding proposition. There comes a point when you have to accept the realities of how you stack up against the competition. Lots of good players move on to other things if they don't get a good paying job by a certain age (say 30?) It's matter of priorities. When you get a little older and have a family, home and real responsibility, practicing an instrument to the extent that it takes to win a professional audition is a tough proposition. Even if you can keep your chops up to the level that is required the desire to uproot your family to take a low dollar, stepping stone gig decreases dramatically. Still, where there's a will there is a way and it can be done. It's just the desire to do what it takes to be competetive in the audition arena and willingness to make sacrifices to stay in the game drops off after a period of time. Anyway, that's my take on it.
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Bill S.- NY Bach 6, 38 Mt. Vernon 43 Bach "C" cornet, NY Bach trombone 6vii Monette mouthpieces |