Fwd: Re: [TPIN] Alison Balsom performance review

[RMW]

Dean, Do you travel as a trumpet player? If you did or do you would know that as a "player" that makes a "living" player your axe the life "on the road" is fun no doubt but really there is a point that all the extraneous crap that goes along with it becomes a serious pain in the butt. Anyone that has done it and I do mean "for a living" will tell you playing your horn is the ONLY thing that makes it fun and believe all that have spoken the B.S. you face is not gender specific.
  RMWooosley

Dean Betts <fdbetts at mindspring.com> wrote:
  From: "Dean Betts" <fdbetts at mindspring.com>
To: <Vaxtrpts at aol.com>, <baissie at yahoo.com>, <weg9 at comcast.net>,
<lvcipriani at yahoo.com>, <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>, <scruhe at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Alison Balsom performance review
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 15:03:56 -0400
CC: 



> "No one would be a professional female trumpet player for the money. My
> expenses are huge - there is so much travelling. And it's not glamorous.
I don't
> fly business class. A lot of time is spent hanging around when you're not
> being paid. And it's risky. You never really know how a performance will
go. I'm
> always on edge. Sometimes I want to be physically sick. But then if I'm
not
> keyed up, I think something's wrong."
>
>
>
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> As you all know, I did receive a very nice email message from Alison.
> That being said, this statement has NOTHING to do with just being a female
> trumpet player. ALL of us who travel on the road face the exact same
> challenges. Let's not get things mixed up here.
> Mike Vax
>
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How do you know, Mr. Vax?
You're not female (nor am I) (:-)!

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