[Rhodes22-list] Slim's music

[Steve Alm]

Todd,

When I started playing the trumpet as a little kid, my grandmother told me,
"A good trumpet player has got it made!"  8-)  Tell your younger boy to keep
practicing.  If your 13 year old sax player wants to make a lot of money,
may I suggest orthodontistry?

I've done very little in my life besides performing and teaching music.  I
much prefer the former.  That whole institutionalized, government employee,
public servant thing is just not for me.  But hey, summers off?  I gave it a
shot for a few years but got really tired of always having to defend music
curriculum to those who swing the budget ax.  Teaching is surely a noble
profession--and it had better be!  Despite the degrees and other hoops I had
to jump through to be a public school teacher, I still felt like I was at
the bottom of the food chain.  And now, dare I say it?  With the republicans
in charge, this is not a good time to be a teacher.

Slim

On 11/27/03 12:35 PM, "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
>  Can I show this post to my kids?   Both play horns.  1 trumpet and 1 sax.
> 
> My older son -age 13- plays the sax, but deep down he's not the creative
> musical type. He has what my wife calls an "old sole" and is wise beyond his
> years. He said to me the other day, "Dad,  I like playing the saxaphone, but I
> don't think I can make alot of money at it...and I want to make ALOT of
> money."
> 
> My younger son -11- plays the trumpet....constantly.  He is the one that may
> pursue a music career (and we encourage him too).  He is already writing music
> and making up his own (songs?), any playing along with every commercial jingle
> on TV  lol. 
> 
> Which ever way each of them goes, they both look for getting into the marching
> band a college...so they can go to all of the football games free. And right
> now they want to attend the University of Maryland!  Go Terps! LOL
> 
> Todd
> 
> P.S.  Sorry if I have offended anyone for cheering for UMD and possibly
> violating the charter  :-{D  I wish we WERE all sitting around in a bar... and
> no, I don't want to know what's in my sausage.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 01:49:42 -0600
> To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Roger
> 
>> Rummy,
>> Pretty scary, isn't it?  I really hope I never have to go back to the public
>> schools again, but I'm maintaining my license just in case.  My motto is:
>> ALL GIGS END, so you never know.  8-)  Just keeping my options open.
>> 
>> There's one teaching job that would be palatable:  They have what they call
>> "itinerate band teacher."  This is where you go from building to building on
>> different days and teach band to the elementary kids.  Since you are not
>> assigned to just one school, you never have to do bus duty, hall duty, lunch
>> duty, go to the faculty meetings, etc.  You just fly under the radar and go
>> home at night.
>> 
>> But the pay still stinks.
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 11/26/03 6:28 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Slim,
>>> Are you sure the people of Minnesota want you to teach their children?
>>> 
>>> Rummy
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