Posted by Edaw on September 13, 2003 at 10:44:02:
In Reply to: Condensed Version posted by Reader's Digest on September 12, 2003 at 12:53:57:
"Auditions are rigged."
"Audition Committees are aware and appreciative of each horn/mouthpiece change that you make."
"Jobs paying less than $30,000 each season are somehow not valid."
"Jobs paying less than $30,000 each season are beneath the efforts of most players."
"Practicing six hours per day is being productive."
"Making the switch to CC automatically makes you a more serious student."
"Playing a BAT at most auditions gives you an edge."
"Our excerpts are musically difficult."
"Tuba players are all nice guys and never play evil games at auditions."
"The Union should get gigs for you."
"The Union just wants to take your money."
"If you have never heard of an Orchestra, then they must not be any good."
"An orchestra's live performances always sound just like their CDs."
"Other instrumentalists take us, as a whole, as seriously as we do."
Wade "I read it here first, folks" Rackley