Mu most successful student told me when he was 10 years old that he wanted to be a professional horn player. I spent the next ten years trying to talk him out of it. If I had succeeded i would have been right - he wouldn't have had the determination. I didn't succeed and I was right - he had the determination and he made it. (LSO, LPO Philharmonia etc. etc) He's a better player than I will ever be (and I'm proud as hell of him)
I have a phenomenal student at the moment - she's getting the same treatment. Cheers, Lawrence On 18 March 2010 22:25, Steven Mumford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The advice I got while still in high school was, "If you can imagine > yourself doing anything else, do it". I think that's pretty good advice if > you consider the converse is that you can't possibly imagine yourself doing > anything else. In that case, you're more likely to make the sacrifices and > do the work that it takes to make something happen. Will you make 50K a > year? Will you be in a major orchestra? Maybe not, but that won't be the > most important thing. The important thing will be whether you are playing > or not. Unless you can imagine yourself doing something else. > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yateslawrence%40googlemail.com > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
