Right you are, but at least I find it a nice hobby, not costing money and
the money i get for it is enough to be able to follow some courses...and
maybe some hollidays...
Marc
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From: "Harry Wass" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:42 AM
Subject: [HG-new] Re: Schools? and a first time poster.
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
>>
>>
>>
>> >
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