Hello Marc { Harry here tasmanian gurdy builder} you can earn a
bit of money building them but once you break it down to hours spent
building divided by the amount you recieve one may consider a 'real
job' an attractive option!cheers Harry Wass medieval.instruments.googlepages.com On 5/1/09, Reymen Marc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Opportunities for getting money in hg world are greater if you built > them.... > Marc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Felicia Dale" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 5:08 AM > Subject: [HG-new] Re: Schools? and a first time poster. > > > > You're probably right- I do have a tendency to exaggerate! > > Gurdy isn't my only instrument (though it is an integral part of our > sound) so while I can't claim it's JUST the gurdy making my living I > wouldn't be doing nearly so well without it. > > Has anyone done any kind of a census of gurdy players around the > world to see how many actually make their living with their > instruments? I'd be very interested in the results of such a poll. > > Felicia. > > > > On Apr 30, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Arle Lommel wrote: > >> >>> …how thousands of players are supporting themselves and their >>> families with their music… >> >> Let's not get too optimistic here. How many players actually support >> themselves and the families with their music? There may be a lot of >> players, but for most of us it's a hobby that occasionally pays some >> dividends. But I would guess that the number of ones who actually >> support themselves and their families exclusively from playing HG can >> be counted on your fingers (or maybe your fingers and your toes). The >> number of semi-professionals who make decent supplementary income >> probably doesn't break 100. Most of the rest of us won't ever make >> enough to pay back our investment in the instrument, but that's not >> why we do it in the first place. >> >> I'd like to be proven wrong, but I'd lay money on it that there are >> not "thousands of players" making a career out of it. >> >> So, while I'll agree about close-minded professors, etc., even as a >> pretty serious enthusiast* I'd be hard pressed to recommend >> "professional hurdy-gurdy player" as a career option to a young >> musician unless said young musician fully realized that there are >> vanishingly few regular jobs for HG and that the only reason to do it >> is for love -- because the money is certainly not a reason to choose >> it as a career. >> >> *I'm working on a doctoral degree about the revival of HGs in Hungary >> at the IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, so I think I can >> safely call myself serious. >> >> -Arle >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.6/1980 - Release Date: 2-3-2009 > 23:02 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
