What is YOUR profession!

[Todd S. Malicoate]

After posting this in May of 2004:

I sell auto parts for a living. I knew those three degrees would come in handy someday...

I'm pleased to report I'm now an adjunct music professor for the local university (not tuba...mostly jazz). I make about 1/2 as much which is challenging, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

[k001k47]

After posting this in May of 2004:

I sell auto parts for a living. I knew those three degrees would come in handy someday...

I'm pleased to report I'm now an adjunct music professor for the local university (not tuba...mostly jazz). I make about 1/2 as much which is challenging, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I am pleased to hear this, officially. Excellent!

This thread has been updated, in a rather gnarly manner.

[Bob Kolada]

-tuba player in a rather busy Army reserve band; kinda bleh
-volleyball and basketball leagues and tournaments for a sports company, about 4-5 days a week; I view this as my actual job and make a decent buck off of it

Back in Indiana I played "semipro" stuff fairly often, usually 2 rehearsals a week. I also worked in a hospital cafeteria washing dishes for as many hours as I could grab. So, now I'm playing almost as much (though really not at all on the civilian side anymore) and work on the beach instead of in a cafeteria.
I've worked construction, in a book store, fireworks store, several grocery stores, glass shop, the hospital,... over the years. I would be interested in applying at the police department but with my ruined shoulders wouldn't make it through the academy.

[Wyvern]

Information Security and Business Continuity consultant is how I make my living.

Any income from tuba playing, or selling is a welcome supplement now I have a wife to support!

[scottw]

Mostly semi-retired finish carpenter, retired band director, working musician: I guess that about sums it up.

[corbasse]

Along the same topic, what is it that you Bachelor's and/or Master's in Music Performance people do, who realized they needed a full time gig after the reality of the music business set in?

After graduating I did some free-lancing for a few years, had a full time gig for a year (2nd french horn in an orchestra in Portugal), then decided I didn't like it.

Music, apart from the absolute rock-bottom basics, is not taught in "normal" school in most of Europe. If you want to learn an instrument, there are separate institutes for that, that teach after school hours. I work for such a school in Bruges. Half-time as a music librarian, the other half in administration and school-related ict.

[Rev Rob]

I am a pastor of a Lutheran Church in south central Montana.

[Virtuoso]

I pick things up and put them down

[Biggs]

Doc, I don't play the upright bass, so I gotta ask: what's the deal with the f-holes on that gorgeous blonde?

That sounds like the set-up to an off-color joke, but I'm also legitimately curious. Congratulations on your new position!

[Biggs]

In exchange for money, I teach students about Sam Adams, Frederick Douglass, and other fine folks.

[Ace]

Doc, I don't play the upright bass, so I gotta ask: what's the deal with the f-holes on that gorgeous blonde?

That sounds like the set-up to an off-color joke, but I'm also legitimately curious. Congratulations on your new position!

Yeah, I was curious about those white F holes too. Could it be beer suds leaking out of Doc's instrument. Naw, probably not. Doc doesn't like beer. LOL

Ace

[Bob Kolada]

Love that picture of the kid getting a ticket; that'll show him!!

[Brown Mule]

Brewery Packaging Manager(40 yrs)----------------Schlitz and Stroh Breweries. Played Tuba nights anywhere I could over the years. Retired now and play everywhere I possibly can.

[Bob Kolada]

Strohs rocks!

[opus37]

I am retired now, but was employed by 3M as a regulatory specialist. Basically, I worked on chemical control laws world wide making sure 3M products complied with those laws. I also wrote those pesky MSDSs that Bloke so dutifully ignores. My degrees are in chemical engineering and a masters in public health. I've been playing tuba, off and on for 45 years in church and community bands.

[ghmerrill]

For about ten years I was a professional philosopher. (You will ask, "So how does that work?" The answer is that you get a Ph.D. in philosophy, land a job in a university, publish, get grants, tenure, and you get paid for doing that and teaching.) Then I got bored with that and became a software engineer for about fifteen years (primarily writing compilers and software tools). Then I got bored with that and moved into the pharmaceutical industry as an R&D "knowledge exploration" scientist in drug discovery and drug safety for about ten years. Then I "retired" (though I am working on a couple of books). I'm back to being a philosopher, but only part-time and they aren't paying me much for that.

For about fifteen years (from sixth grade in school) I was a pretty well-trained saxophone player, which continued through college and then I stopped playing (except for flute on occasion), ultimately selling the sax. In my 40s I decided that I found low brass attractive and bought my first tuba (a used 321 Eb from Vince Simonetti). It was great, but not optimal for playing in community band. I traded it in on the Cerveny BBb. Now I wish I had an Eb too!

I was inspired in this tuba direction by my high school band director who was Robert T. LeBlanc (now retired after many years teaching low brass at Ohio State: http://www.iteaonline.org/2008/members/ ... p?page=leb" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank). It never occurred to me at the time to play tuba, but I did learn that the tuba was a serious instrument -- and I learned a great deal more from LeBlanc about playing and music in general. He was one of those teachers who had a profound effect on my education.

[tubatom91]

I'm a landscaper right now, that's being a music student for ya haha,

[CLDmusic]

Spartan. http://youtu.be/lIr8u0j08gU

[acjcf2]

I'm a former Marine and a retired Assistant Fire Chief and now supplimenting my retirement by working at the local Sears Hometown Store.

I got the bug to play tuba during Advent services at church. I started playing in Feb. this year. I haven't touched a tuba since my junior year in high school 1973.

Jim

[tubbba]

Former (as of 5pm PDT) Software Quality Assurance Engineer.

Soon-to-be professional musician and instructor.

(crossing my fingers)