Tone check please

[Tuboss2]

At poster that mentioned iPhone; it's an ihpone I haven't updated in a long time...

And also, I know, it seems like I'm just making excuses. And I'm probably am. But you guys got to know I working my hardest at this point in time to make it work and vs whatever help I can get.

[ginnboonmiller]

Cool, but your hard work goes a lot further with a good teacher, and $9 a month is about as cheap as you'll ever be able to find the kind of help that a teacher can give you. Seriously. Do it now. A couple hours dishing ice cream or washing dishes is totally worth it.

[Tuboss2]

Cool, but your hard work goes a lot further with a good teacher, and $9 a month is about as cheap as you'll ever be able to find the kind of help that a teacher can give you. Seriously. Do it now. A couple hours dishing ice cream or washing dishes is totally worth it.

9 dollars a week....not a month.thats 27-36 dollars a month...

[Donn]

Good - I was worried that it would be hard to get those lawn mowing jobs, because the tuba instructors would be competing for them.

[ginnboonmiller]

Cool, but your hard work goes a lot further with a good teacher, and $9 a month is about as cheap as you'll ever be able to find the kind of help that a teacher can give you. Seriously. Do it now. A couple hours dishing ice cream or washing dishes is totally worth it.

9 dollars a week....not a month.thats 27-36 dollars a month...

That's about what you'll take home from your first Saturday shift. Get going.

[Mark]

Good - I was worried that it would be hard to get those lawn mowing jobs, because the tuba instructors would be competing for them.

I will give anyone a tuba lesson anywhere in the world for ... (pointing pinky finger at corner of mouth, Dr. Evil style) ... one billion dollars. Payable in advance. If you don't have a tuba, I will bring one in my newly acquired private jet.

[Tuboss2]

Ginnboonmiller: getting a job might sound easy to say, but right now there's no time as I need focus on school and make sure my grades are in check.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Ginnboonmiller: getting a job might sound easy to say, but right now there's no time as I need focus on school and make sure my grades are in check.

Yeah, sorry. We just don't believe you at all.

You have the time. What you're missing is the "want to."

[PMeuph]

Ginnboonmiller: getting a job might sound easy to say, but right now there's no time as I need focus on school and make sure my grades are in check.

How much does that iPhone cost....

'Just sayin.


Fwiw, $30 a month is not hard money to earn doing odd jobs....

[Toobist]

Turn off the phone and get lessons.

Or you can continue to make excuses that no one but YOU believe.

Or you can be honest with yourself and admit that you are full of it when you say you want to get better. Getting better takes a commitment that you seem unwilling to accept. Sorry, there are no shortcuts in music.

If you have a phone *at all* (much less a top of the line one like an iPhone) and you cannot afford the ridiculously low price for these lessons then you are so sad that on one here can help you. You take excellent advice very poorly and make excuses right and left. If you were in my studio you would have been dropped after your third lesson, because for many years of experience I *know* that those lame excuses will be present in your prepared material, too. Figure it out, man.

How do you think most of us took lessons? Were we rich? Were they given to us? No. We all got jobs and worked, all the while keeping up our grades. You are rich compared to my family when I was in school. It is sickening to hear you whine about money when you have a freaking iPhone.

+1

I lived on my own at age 17 and I managed to get private piano, voice and tuba lessons. I flipped burgers and did dishes. I gave up my Nintendo and practiced. If you want to be a musician, you have to make SACRIFICES. Wish I had a different answer. I don't. There isn't one.

[Tuboss2]

If folks get rid of their phones, how would I be able to look at current selfies of them on facebook ...???

The phone hasn't even been updated for 3 1/2 years.....? It's not like I update every time a new one comes out.

[bort]

Just get one of those snazzy soon to be $15/hr jobs flipping burgers.

[Lectron]

This is my phone.
I'm thinking about getting rid of it (ie. NOT replacing/upgrading) and just using a "throwaway" phone.
People could call the shop number, and Mrs. bloke could give them (if an important call) the number...
...and I could still make (only important) calls.

Texting is disabled, btw.

Bet that pic's taken with your iphone