Done, done, done, done! I am finished with school and have a degree in Music Composition and a minor in Communications. I have no idea what kind of job this will help me land, but I have until 2011 (I think) to make 13k, my student loan amount. Now, this may not seem like much to you doctor/lawyer types, but to a musician fresh outa school, 13k is a good chunk o' money.
So, loyal reader, here is what happened thus far:
I almost took a job in Arizona's Navajo country teaching music to kids at White Cone High School, but that fell through, even after a good interview. I almost took a job teaching piano at Downtown Piano Works in Frederick, but that also fell through. Got turned down by a bunch of Hollywood composers not needing assistants and was told, "Sorry, good luck elsewhere" by a music teaching company around DC. Bullocks!
The solution: Swallow one big dose of pride and move back in with the parents until jobs start to roll in. As of now, I'm scheduled to teach percussion lessons at Spencerville Academy in Silver Spring once a week, sign a contract with Rogue Tyger (pod cast production people) in the near future, and arrange a song for mixed choir tomorrow. In the long run, this will not suffice heaping amounts of wealth, but its a start...
One of these days, when I'm a gazillionaire, I would like to open a music conservatory in Frederick and name it Maestri Scuola di Musica. Until then, doors will open and close on a daily basis.
P.S. Iceland was way cool; literally and figuratively speaking.
