Posted 21 November 2007 - 03:45 AM
To all the people in this topic here, I would like to say that I have not regretted once taking up music as a career.
I started learning music when I was nine years old (Yes, that is forty years ago now), but even before that age i was always mad about musical instruments and anything related to music.
I started out with private lessons on the accordion and when I was older I started learning piano and then made the switch to organ.
Obviously, since in my day you only had the option (except for private tuition of course) to study classical music, that was of course pipe organ (church organ).
About four years after I graduated things changed and you could then study jazz and popular music in higher education as well, but maybe it was my good fortune that I had to do it the old way, i.e. listening to the great jazz men and copying from them, and going to play with older and much moree experienced musicians and learning from them.
Believe me, I have learned a lot that way.
And, never forget, they will never turn anyone into a musician at a school desk, with which i do not mean I studied for nothing, no, I learned lots of useful things, but I also learned a lot from real life experience.
And I also dislike those 'classical snobs' I came across so often when I was a student, don't get me wrong, I have nothing against classical musicians, i still love classical myself, but I do have a lot against people who go through life with blinkers on, like the ones who claim that only classical music is worth to be called music and anything else is useless, inferior, and good for people who never made it as a real musician.
Look at the classical abilities of many jazz musicians and you'll see what I mean. Some of them are brilliant.
Anyway, I did all sorts of things, I played in church and sometimes gave organ concerts, and i also wandered all over Europe playing jazz and popular music.
I used to have my own jazz trio, jazz quartet and my own dixieland group.
Then, about ten years ago, I went into teaching.
I have always trained musicians, but now I am in teaching on a more permanent basis.
I must admit I do miss the stage.
Who knows, if the opportunity arises again, I just might be hitting the road again.
So, if any of you ever need any musical advice, do not hesitate to ask.
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sdteam, on Mar 17 2007, 07:42 PM, said:
