Yes, our Melissa is "Melissa, the loud" of youtube fame! ;-) Say, what HG do you play?
Augusto Brazil On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Michael Opp <[email protected]> wrote: > Melissa, > Heh. I wont, after I talked to that prof the other day, I went and learned > three new tunes that day. I hate saying things like this but: I've only been > playing for like 8 months or so, and I'm already better at it than any other > instrument i've played in my life. I play trumpet in wind ensemble, and have > been playing trumpet since i was 11 or 12, and im miles ahead of my trumpet > playing. I'm not exactly sure that any of the professors know just how much > time I put into HG. not including the nightly dreams and everything else. > If it turns out that i dont have the money or those things to move right > away, my goal is going to be to do things to spite him. He is the audio > prod. teacher, and he mostly expects us to do commercial-style music. I'll > just make a deal with my music history teacher and record a bunch of > harpsichord and organ stuff ^.^ ( I think i want to record specifically > early music stuff in a professional setting, when i graduate.) > > On the performance note, so how did you play it? did you just kind of BS > your way about it? thats how i play difficult trumpet parts =P ? My bass > instructor paid me to play in his highschool's (he's the conductor) and i > played 4 tunes. i think i was on stage like, 10 min. max, but that was my > first ever paid gig, and i was in a band for 3 years playing bass, and we > played a ton of shows, never got paid. it was exciting! > > please forgive the typos and whatnot, > Michael Opp > > > Ps. Like Melissa the loud?! > > > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Melissa Kacalanos <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> Don't let closed-minded professors get you down. Just play whatever >> instrument you like, and you'll be happier than if you're playing something >> just because you think the money will be better. >> >> Those professors are wrong anyway. I'd bet that a higher percentage of hg >> players make money at their instrument than, say, guitarists or violinists. >> Yes, there are more gigs for guitarists, but how many guitarist wannabees >> are competing to fill those slots? There's much less competition for hg >> gigs, which might explain why hg players tend to be friendly and helpful to >> each other. >> >> If you want actual anecdotes: a composer, Jeanine Tesori, needed a hg for >> a play. The best one she could find was me, which was remarkable considering >> I had only been playing for a few years, had no music degree, had no >> experience playing in orchestras, and wasn't even a member of the musician's >> union. I was totally outclassed by everyone else in the orchestra. But there >> I was, being paid good money to play music in a play starring Meryl Streep >> and Kevin Kline. Questions of my talent for hg proved to be moot, since the >> music she wrote was completely unplayable by me or anyone on any hg, but >> whatever, I got paid anyway. >> >> Melissa >> >> --- On *Thu, 4/30/09, [email protected] <[email protected]>*wrote: >> >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: [HG-new] Schools? and a first time poster. >> To: "hurdygurdy" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 3:50 PM >> >> >> 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
