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From:  Isabelle Bracamonte <ibracamonte@y...>
Date:  Fri Sep 22, 2000  8:26 pm
Subject:  making money -- chorus vs. non-singing jobs

> (And even if choral singing > isn't your long-term > career goal, if I have a choice between typing > between solo jobs and singing > in a chorus, dang if I won't take the choral work! > At least it's making a > living in your field ... or at least contributing to > your living.) I couldn't disagree more. Let's say I can sing for three to four hours a day before getting tired. Okay, I could waste that time singing in a chorus, and then have "blown" my vocal study time for that day and not be able to practice my own repertoire when I get home... or I could take a desk job, computer job, high-tech job, during the day (which would probably pay more, even part-time) and give those three hours to my practicing in the morning or when I get home. Which singer is going to make better, more efficient vocal progress? Yes, it's gratifying to the ego to be able to say, "I make my living singing." But I'd rather give my vocal resources -- all of them -- to the kind of work that will forward my career. ALL the singing you do should be building your voice for an opera career (if that's what you want) -- supportive roles, specific technique, practice and lessons and coachings. Okay, with allowances for spiritual replenishment. But don't throw away your daily voice time making money. Singing is a tough business. Put all your eggs in one basket! Everything should be directed toward the career goal. That one egg you put somewhere else could be the one to tip the scales in your favor.

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4525 Re: making money -- chorus vs. non-singing jobs Mezzoid@a...   Fri  9/22/2000   3 KB
4529 Re: making money -- chorus vs. non-singing jobs Ciro   Fri  9/22/2000   4 KB

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