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Winning the lottery means I could buy more tubas.

I agree with Bob. If I were to win the lottery I'd probably buy more tubas... and travel to see all the things i want to, but you'd find me pumping away on my horn at places like this:

If I won the lottery, I'd first buy a really nice house. Then I'd go about funding my own ensemble to play with. The ensemble would change from concert to concert depending on what my little heart desired to play. And of course buy more tubas.

I would rebuy some of the horns I was stupid enough to sell. I would go back to school and get a Master's, and possibly a doctoral degree. Then, I would probably re-apply for all the same band director jobs that I applied for several years ago. However, I don't play the lottery for religious reasons. Winning a few bucks is usually a good thing, but take a long hard look at most people who have won the big money. In the end most wish they never did.

SOTStuba wrote:the first habit is "Never follow your passion, but by all means bring it with you."

Oddly enough, this defines tuba playing for me. Passion for the tuba as an outlet for the variety of musical emotions to be expressed. (I guess that may define me as a limited person... )

But I think the need to perform and express links us all...

Having strapped an old 220 Besson to the roof of my Dodge Dart (with two cats and a 3-month old inside) for a Oregon-to- Vermont transfer, I have to come down heavily on the side of "take it with you".

That was 21 yrs ago - and last week my son and I played "double-basses" at the local old-folks home.

He hadn't played much since All-State, and I dragged out the sweet De Prins, (Thank you, Hank)....and fortunately the combo carried us nicely.

Bottom line: I seriously suspect that all real tuba players are convicts for life, chained to heavy metal.

well, I'm having trouble with the intent of his list; it says "highy effluent people," not "highly affluent people. Is the entire thing a spoof? My first impression was that bringing your passion with you was a negative comment on people who aren't doing what they want to do and passionately mess it up for everyone else.



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I'm with you on the payback to everyone who carried me.
The motorcycle? Try an Elsinore.
School? New languages sometimes really do open windows.

Bob1062 wrote: -buy a motorcycle
-learn how to ride it

Therein lies one of the problems -
If money is tight, you might get a dirtbike, a scooter, or maybe a 250cc for your first bike. If you have the big bucks you go out and buy a Boss Hoss or something as your first bike, just because you can. Not exactly the easiest thing to learn on!

KevinMadden wrote:I agree with Bob. If I were to win the lottery I'd probably buy more tubas... and travel to see all the things i want to, but you'd find me pumping away on my horn at places like this:

I have actually done that. In 2005, the local Youth Orchestra that I am a member of toured China for two weeks, and the brass section played a concert for the locals on the Great Wall.

SOTStuba wrote:So here is a more direct question...Does your career (among other things) pay for your tuba/music passion, or does your career as a tuba player pay for some other passion that you have?

Surely for the vast majority here, the tuba is their passion, rather than a means of income?

Even if the tuba does provide an income - you must still be really passionate about playing to be successful. Being a musician is never just a job and passion for anything is not something which can be turned on if you don't feel it.

SOTStuba wrote:I do it now so that when I finally decide to retire I can do the things that I truly have a passion for like traveling, golfing, hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.

If that is how you truly feel about playing, I am surprised you are spending time on TubeNet