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Originally Posted by Walker
(Wasn't really knocking it, I swear.)
What's a "session player?"
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A guy who get's hired to play guitar (in my case) on records, or at live performances. It's like being a mercenary, but with music.
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Originally Posted by cheezMcNASTY
despite what you may think, being a music major can be a lot more work than other degrees...
my friend is a piano major at Temple University...and it is a LOT of work. It usually entails music theory until you've mastered every concept and learning to play multiple musical instruments.
in one respect, it is a lot of work. on the flip side though, i've never seen my friend happier than studying what he is now.
If you have a definite interest in it, i'm sure you will immensely enjoy studying music  |
I'm sure I will.
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Originally Posted by Walker
I would argue that point. I've listened to English majors bragging about how much work being an English major is, "oh, engineering isn't anything special." I'm not even an engineering major yet, just taking the gateway requirements. I'm taking a full English courseload (more than that, if you count the creative writing seminar I'm taking). My math and physics to get admitted to engineering requires eight times as much studying, a ridiculous amount more homework, and are generally a stone-cold *****.
That might be because UMD is... let's say a fairly hardcore engineering school and they're trying to get rid of the people who can't handle it, but still.
I'll admit, I've never taken any music major courses. But I HAVE heard English majors and music majors talking the exact same damn way. Sure, it's probably some kinda logical fallacy, but... And no, I'm not saying that a music major is neccesarily easy. But it's definitely not more work than engineering.
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I don't think it's
more work, as such, but a different sort of work. In engineering, it's alot of writing, calculations, measurements, etc. That can be (or would be for me, at least) very tedious, making the workload seem like more.
Music is still fairly intensive training. You have to not only acquire knowledge of the music theory, of which there is alot, but you also have to train your body to be able to play your instrument, and particularly your ear to recognise pitches, rhythms, etc. It's alot of practice.
That being said, I really hate people who try to make their lives seem bad to try and get sympathy from people.
"Oh, my advanced medicine course is a 20 year course, and I have to write a 1000 page paper on the hairs of the choclea by tomorrow. Woe was me."
You picked that course, buddy. Your problem.
