tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702847.post209038910724612618..comments2024-02-29T03:58:17.258-07:00Comments on hella frisch: Letters to a young(ish) bassistMatt Hellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03826702936313274744noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702847.post-13034301328259091402007-04-30T21:21:00.000-06:002007-04-30T21:21:00.000-06:00Matt, thanks again for undertaking this dialogue. ...Matt, thanks again for undertaking this dialogue. I have a question or two for you, but I should probably wait and read your audition story posts when you get to those. First things first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702847.post-79185169192333889982007-04-28T09:36:00.000-06:002007-04-28T09:36:00.000-06:00I think this is a great idea, in part because it i...I think this is a great idea, in part because it is so rarely explored in detail.<BR/><BR/>When I was back in the U.S. in January, I met with the horn players at UW-Madison, my alma mater, to speak with them about the challenges of adjusting to professional life.<BR/><BR/>They get lots of high-profile names for masterclasses and whatnot, people who've had jobs for a long time and are great artists, and for whom the gig often seems second nature.<BR/><BR/>But those veteran performers often don't explore a lot of the issues that new professionals face. What exactly *do* you do with all that free time you get? How do you create structure in your life when you only work 20 hours a week and get your summers off - especially if you're single and don't have a family or other similar obligations? How do you remain motivated to improve musically when the paycheck keeps rolling in?<BR/><BR/>It's funny that we spend our whole musical lives training so intensely to win a job, but hardly spend any time at all figuring out what to do once we've got it. And yet anyone who's been in the profession for a number of years has obviously made the transition, including all of our teachers.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914533249974226680noreply@blogger.com