What do you sacrifice in order to feed your passion for the music? Little things, big things? Career advancement (maybe you don't spend enough hours on the job, or are unwilling to travel or move?) Sports? Family time?
Grego you are prying
If you really love the music then nothing would be a sacrifice. Like was it such a hard sacrifice that I spent Sunday afternoon at a great session instead of working on the garden at home!
Sports - I adored climbing and enjoyed some martial arts, but it doesn't go well with taking care of my fingernails.
Apart from that, I don't feel like I'm sacrificing anything - I played since I can remember, and most of things were fitted in between time of practice and play.
The state of the house mainly - my sisters have spent money on new kitchens/bathrooms etc whereas my husband and I have spent on instruments/PA equipment etc and only spend money on the house when things breakdown/fall apart etc.
And I'd rather spend time on playing than on housework so I won't be winning any Good Housekeeping awards!!
Ian - I said to a work colleague one day "I keep getting letters from my pension company saying that I'll be poor when I'm old" - he, being rather older than I am, replied "They keep sending me letters saying 'told you so'".
Three guys are waiting outside the pearly gates trying to get admission into heaven. The first guy is from Texas, and tells St. Paul (is that the right saint?) that he made 3 million dollars when he found oil, and that he arranged his will so tight that his family could live for four generations without doing any work.
"well, that is honourable," said St. Paul, "You may enter heaven."
The second person says to St. Paul,
"I won the lottery and won 18 million dollars. After I secured my families finances until well into the future, I donated millions to charity."
"That is very honourable," says St. Paul, "you may also enter heaven."
The third guy, noticing that both the previous two people have told St. Paul about how much money they made says,
"Well, I only made five thousand dollars in my entire life."
So St. Paul asks him, "Really? What instrument did you play?"
Showaddy, I'm in an odd situation. I have 3 and a half years to go before I retire in the UK, but am already retired in France. The French government want my records from the Uk, but they won't send them until' 2008. A sort of no mans land..... Having said that, I don't now have to pay all the bits and pieces everytime I do a gig. A year ago I lost 50% each time. So I'm not really complaining.
"I won't get much of a pension in 4 years time because throughout my life I only worked 15 years instead of 40 due to the music............"
Fraid I'm in the same boat as you Ian. But it's sure been fun, hasn't it? I couldn't have spent all that time slaving in front of a comput....................................
"I won't get much of a pension in 4 years time because throughout my life I only worked 15 years instead of 40 due to the music............"
Fraid I'm in the same boat as you Ian. But it's sure been fun, hasn't it? I couldn't have spent all that time slaving in front of a comput....................................
Same here. What made me think I could support myself in my old age by playing music?
Fiddlekit, you and I are in the same boat. Even though I don't revise for tests and I rush my homework, I still seem to get A's. Don't ask me how. But hey, I feel that I'm donating my time to an honourable cause. Um, what that cause is I don't know....but...um...hey look! A drug addicted squirrel!
i got a job so i can get myself a new concertina. 3 year waiting list, and just enough time to save up the money. oh, and i need to buy another "step up" concertina in the mean time which i will sell when my final one is ready. so in order to fund the 2 concertinas (and the new flute i will have to get after that) i give up my practice time and work.
And last season's, and the season before, and the one before that, etc..... Luckily I'm scheduled to become fashionable again next year for a few months.
I'm convinced that one of several reasons my last boss hated me so much was that I had a life outside my job, if playing music is a life, that is.
Well, I don't work for him any more, and I have much more energy to practice, and go out and play.
Seems a fair bargain.
How could I till my forty acres
Not to speak of getting more,
With a medley of horns, bassoons and piccolos
Stirred in my brain by crows and robins
And the creak of a wind-mill—only these?
And I never started to plow in my life
That some one did not stop in the road
And take me away to a dance or picnic.
I ended up with forty acres;
I ended up with a broken fiddle—
And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories,
And not a single regret.
Things you sacrifice for the music?
Things you sacrifice for the music?
What do you sacrifice in order to feed your passion for the music? Little things, big things? Career advancement (maybe you don't spend enough hours on the job, or are unwilling to travel or move?) Sports? Family time?
Don't mean to pry, but...
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by grego
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Grego you are prying
If you really love the music then nothing would be a sacrifice. Like was it such a hard sacrifice that I spent Sunday afternoon at a great session instead of working on the garden at home!
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Donough
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Sports - I adored climbing and enjoyed some martial arts, but it doesn't go well with taking care of my fingernails.
Apart from that, I don't feel like I'm sacrificing anything - I played since I can remember, and most of things were fitted in between time of practice and play.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by EastPole
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Don't want to think too hard about this one!!
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by the wounded hussar
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Liver cells.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Key Maniac Lad
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It's ruined my life.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Phantom Button
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Thinking of sacrificing my day job!
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Mark Harmer
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I won't get much of a pension in 4 years time because throughout my life I only worked 15 years instead of 40 due to the music............
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Ian Stevenson
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Goats, mostly.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by showaddydadito
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I can see it now.
TRAD-ANON: "Hi, my name is Ken, I play diddley tunes."
What are the twelve steps?
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by RogueFiddler
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The state of the house mainly - my sisters have spent money on new kitchens/bathrooms etc whereas my husband and I have spent on instruments/PA equipment etc and only spend money on the house when things breakdown/fall apart etc.
And I'd rather spend time on playing than on housework so I won't be winning any Good Housekeeping awards!!
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Tarrantella
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Ian - I said to a work colleague one day "I keep getting letters from my pension company saying that I'll be poor when I'm old" - he, being rather older than I am, replied "They keep sending me letters saying 'told you so'".
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by showaddydadito
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Two goats, a sheep, and a hamster.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Cammy
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Three guys are waiting outside the pearly gates trying to get admission into heaven. The first guy is from Texas, and tells St. Paul (is that the right saint?) that he made 3 million dollars when he found oil, and that he arranged his will so tight that his family could live for four generations without doing any work.
"well, that is honourable," said St. Paul, "You may enter heaven."
The second person says to St. Paul,
"I won the lottery and won 18 million dollars. After I secured my families finances until well into the future, I donated millions to charity."
"That is very honourable," says St. Paul, "you may also enter heaven."
The third guy, noticing that both the previous two people have told St. Paul about how much money they made says,
"Well, I only made five thousand dollars in my entire life."
So St. Paul asks him, "Really? What instrument did you play?"
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by kjay_bc_box
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Showaddy, I'm in an odd situation. I have 3 and a half years to go before I retire in the UK, but am already retired in France. The French government want my records from the Uk, but they won't send them until' 2008. A sort of no mans land..... Having said that, I don't now have to pay all the bits and pieces everytime I do a gig. A year ago I lost 50% each time. So I'm not really complaining.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Ian Stevenson
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My dignity
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by grymater
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Quiet evenings sitting on the sofa, reading.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by kuec
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Silence.
KFG
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by KFG
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It's looking pretty good that I'll never get my wife's kitchen remodelled.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Bill Reeder
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Several hours a week that I probably *should* be spending on homework... But I'd rather fiddle... And I still make A's anyways
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Fiddlekit
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"I won't get much of a pension in 4 years time because throughout my life I only worked 15 years instead of 40 due to the music............"
Fraid I'm in the same boat as you Ian. But it's sure been fun, hasn't it? I couldn't have spent all that time slaving in front of a comput....................................
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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'er indoors
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by halfirish
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SLEEP,zzz.Sleep,zzz, sleep
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by I_Fel
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"I won't get much of a pension in 4 years time because throughout my life I only worked 15 years instead of 40 due to the music............"
Fraid I'm in the same boat as you Ian. But it's sure been fun, hasn't it? I couldn't have spent all that time slaving in front of a comput....................................
Same here. What made me think I could support myself in my old age by playing music?
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by fluti31415
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i don't consider it a sacrfice but homework (kind of a good thing to miss).
Sam
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by flamin fiddler
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Fiddlekit, you and I are in the same boat. Even though I don't revise for tests and I rush my homework, I still seem to get A's. Don't ask me how. But hey, I feel that I'm donating my time to an honourable cause. Um, what that cause is I don't know....but...um...hey look! A drug addicted squirrel!
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Folkie Junkie
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Cammy said:
"Two goats, a sheep, and a hamster."
How about a bodhrán player or two as well?
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by Ron P
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I started making a list, but it got too long. Let's just say, "My sanity."
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by mickray
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"TRAD-ANON" :
My name is also Ken, and I last played a reel about an hour ago. However, I have almost got the jigs under control.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by oldstrings
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i got a job so i can get myself a new concertina. 3 year waiting list, and just enough time to save up the money. oh, and i need to buy another "step up" concertina in the mean time which i will sell when my final one is ready. so in order to fund the 2 concertinas (and the new flute i will have to get after that) i give up my practice time and work.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by daiv
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Cars. All of my musician friends and myself have instruments that are worth more than our cars.
# Posted on October 10th 2005 by dmarie
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one whose house and garden are suffering.
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by grego
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Amen to the mention of sleep!
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by AlBrown
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I broke my glasses a year ago and had to choose between new glasses or a fiddle bow. Turns out I can get by OK without glasses if I squint.
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by Kerri Brown
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My girlfriend told me to choose, her or "all those sessions". I've found that sleeping alone really isn't all that bad afterall.
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by RogueFiddler
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Clothes. This season's look can wait.
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
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And last season's, and the season before, and the one before that, etc..... Luckily I'm scheduled to become fashionable again next year for a few months.
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by Kerri Brown
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I Sacrifice... nothing for my music
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by paratroopers
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i guess this is kinda bad but im so addicted that my grades are in the b and high c range and iv stopped doing sports and watching tv!
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by insert username here
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I'm convinced that one of several reasons my last boss hated me so much was that I had a life outside my job, if playing music is a life, that is.
Well, I don't work for him any more, and I have much more energy to practice, and go out and play.
Seems a fair bargain.
# Posted on October 11th 2005 by Guernsey Pete
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I don't think "sacrifice " is the word; more like "dumped".
# Posted on October 12th 2005 by Owell Mabee
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A fair amount of sleep.
# Posted on October 15th 2005 by cathrynb
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How could I till my forty acres
Not to speak of getting more,
With a medley of horns, bassoons and piccolos
Stirred in my brain by crows and robins
And the creak of a wind-mill—only these?
And I never started to plow in my life
That some one did not stop in the road
And take me away to a dance or picnic.
I ended up with forty acres;
I ended up with a broken fiddle—
And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories,
And not a single regret.
(whole poem (http://www.bartleby.com/84/60.html)
# Posted on October 21st 2005 by feardearg