Posted by Ryan Black on September 04, 2003 at 16:31:21:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Becoming a professional posted by real answers on September 03, 2003 at 21:47:35:
Well not only can you fall back on Music ed. but it helps you with all other musical aspects as well. How do you expect to know that this chord here is a whatever chord if you haven't taken theory? How do you expect to be able to play as well as sing the pitches in your "solo" if you never took sightsinging eartraining? How do you know what period the style of your solo is, and how do you expect to know what style to play correctly without music history? Say, when you ARE a professional, are you just going to play for a living? Do you expect to live off that alone? I don't know a single professional musician who doesn't give lessons for extra income as well as passing down knowledge that they have been taught expertly. So there is you answer to you original question. Music Education classes do help. How do you expect to know how to teach a mentally retarded and/or Learning Disabled kid(s) if he/she wanted lessons from you if you haven't taken Diverse Populations in Music class or other such music ed courses?