> >Having spent a great portion of my late teenage years rehearsing,
> >rehearsing, and then some more time rehearsing, it is nice that
> >*someone* found it pleasant. ;-)
>
> I take it you weren't getting paid though. I once spent a lot of
> time over several months with people, from all over Europe and the
> U.S., who played in Seville's orchestra. It's not a bad life.
The only time I got paid was as an "on call" percussionist for local performances when the real professional in local orchestras or bands had to cancel. For that, there was no rehearsal.
But yeah...I was doing it for music education (and joking aside, I wouldn't go back and do differently).
Matt
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