AHA! I've found it. . . . .
Hello! I know Livejournal has sort of dried up with Twitter's arrival onto the scene. On a side note whenever people say the word 'tweat' it makes me think of 'teet' and when they say the are 'tweating' i think of someone vigorously milking a cow's udder. weird. But I am rounding out the end of my senior year so HURRAY! This semester has proven to be much better than last semester and I have achieved several accomplishments so far. I played at the Kennedy Center representing George Mason, I completed my Senior recital successfully, My internship is going very well and I am still meeting new people in the department despite being at the same place for 4 years. All my performances either made it on youtube search joe's senior recital, or on the kennedy center website under the millenium stage section.
As for myself, I have decided that at least for the forseeable future which is < 1year ahead I will not be devoting any time toward getting a long term music job. Why one might ask did I get a degree in oboe performance if I don't intend to perform? Well it began with i just checked a box on my college application which turned out to be music performance, since then i have just decided to keep it and the skills i learned fighting plants and turning them into reeds has allowed me to discover fortitude i never knew i had. My thoughts right now about music are . . .there are more effective ways of making money than music, and there are more fun ways of making music than for money so why ruin a good thing. The quintet I started last semester is going great we are finally starting to settle into a groove and we have some challenging pieces ahead of us. All of the people in it are great musicians and people and im gonna try my best to keep it going after I graduate.
I am currently in the 'process' of applying for jobs on capitol hill. I have thoroughly enjoyed my internship and the people I work with are great. I am looking to work on the Hill for about a year or so and then saving some money for either Grad school or something else. So wish me luck I think I have a great resume and i'll just have to show em the old Joboe charm.
To the ones still in college. . . You guys do not worry about figuring out what you want to do with life, Im only a year or two ahead of you and I still don't know. im already at that fork in the road and am content to postpone the decision a while. I always thought that the early 20's would be a time to focus on a career and just have fun but im realizing that it is quite a frightening time without jobs, health insurance, money, housing, or a clear way forward I am hoping that if i am fortunate enough to actually find a job for the near future I will be able to visit people I couldn't as a student. I have always felt bad I didn't get to see other peoples college experience.
So cheers to the close of another school year, hopefully i'll see most of you this summer and best of luck to everyone at school and life. If you are ever depressed cause life doesn't make sense, pour yourself a drink (wine, orange juice, lemonade whatever) and know that that makes two of us which is not quite so lonely.
~Joe
As for myself, I have decided that at least for the forseeable future which is < 1year ahead I will not be devoting any time toward getting a long term music job. Why one might ask did I get a degree in oboe performance if I don't intend to perform? Well it began with i just checked a box on my college application which turned out to be music performance, since then i have just decided to keep it and the skills i learned fighting plants and turning them into reeds has allowed me to discover fortitude i never knew i had. My thoughts right now about music are . . .there are more effective ways of making money than music, and there are more fun ways of making music than for money so why ruin a good thing. The quintet I started last semester is going great we are finally starting to settle into a groove and we have some challenging pieces ahead of us. All of the people in it are great musicians and people and im gonna try my best to keep it going after I graduate.
I am currently in the 'process' of applying for jobs on capitol hill. I have thoroughly enjoyed my internship and the people I work with are great. I am looking to work on the Hill for about a year or so and then saving some money for either Grad school or something else. So wish me luck I think I have a great resume and i'll just have to show em the old Joboe charm.
To the ones still in college. . . You guys do not worry about figuring out what you want to do with life, Im only a year or two ahead of you and I still don't know. im already at that fork in the road and am content to postpone the decision a while. I always thought that the early 20's would be a time to focus on a career and just have fun but im realizing that it is quite a frightening time without jobs, health insurance, money, housing, or a clear way forward I am hoping that if i am fortunate enough to actually find a job for the near future I will be able to visit people I couldn't as a student. I have always felt bad I didn't get to see other peoples college experience.
So cheers to the close of another school year, hopefully i'll see most of you this summer and best of luck to everyone at school and life. If you are ever depressed cause life doesn't make sense, pour yourself a drink (wine, orange juice, lemonade whatever) and know that that makes two of us which is not quite so lonely.
~Joe