Hi, Michael Wow, what an incredibly closed-minded group of professors. They obviously have no idea of how the gurdy has infiltrated just about every type of music on the planet, how thousands of players are supporting themselves and their families with their music and moving even more thousands of people in audiences to loving* the gurdy, even to deciding buy and play their own instrument! I'd be moving on to a new university, too.
This attitude reminds me of "career day" back when I was in 6th grade. We were each to pick three careers we wanted to consider. I picked music, horses and writing. My teacher told me I couldn't do any of those things, that there was simply no money in those jobs. I could, however, become a stewardess or a secretary or a something else I can't remember. I never took to any of these suggestions and have done a number of other things instead, including selling two short stories, and have for nearly 20 years made my living as a musician. I haven't been paid to ride or train horses I now have no doubt that I could have done this, and still could, if I decided to do so. This "advice" was given to me back in the late 60s. What are these professors doing spouting the same kind of cr*p now? Good luck finding a new and more accepting home for you and your gurdy. Felicia. *Of course... there are other reactions to the gurdy but we won't go into that here. :) On Apr 30, 2009, at 12:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hey there. > I'm fairly new to the instrument, (last September) and this is my > first post so, hello! I'm from Jamestown North Dakota, but I currently > live in Fargo, ND, attending university in Moorhead Minnesota. I am > majoring in music/audio production. The purpose of this email is to > see if anyone knows of any schools ( that aren't super expensive) that > have an audio production program but also has something of a more > accepting, or even any early music scene around. There is no place for > my instrument here. I've been told by multiple professors that; 'yeah > the gurdy is cool, but its really not that important. Also that I > should concentrate on an instrument that will make me money.' Not > liking it is one thing, but these guys are starting to bug me, and its > time to go somewhere else. - Sorry about the rambling, but I thought > that I would give some back story.- > > If anyone has any advice that would be cool, also if there is anyone > around the area... like 200-ish mile radius that would like to play, > I'm up for traveling. I'm getting anxious to play with other people. > > > Thanks, guys! > > Michael Opp > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
