I know I'm probably crazy for wondering this...

What is ETSU? Just curious.

 

I have a degree in accounting. Work as an accountant. Guess it was "worth it".. but I'd rather be a rockstar. Too bad a music degree doesn't make you a professional musician

I would say the networking and connections you make during your program is probably worth more than the education if you looking at it from a career perspective.

 

What do you plan on using your two degrees in music for?

TBH, probably not worth it.

 

Education, imo, is never not worth it IF you want to be educated on a subject and like the program. Will it help your career? Probably not, unless you teach, but then you have more school to go don't you?

Addition - school is a GREAT place to network.

 

IME Don't worry about the paper, get what you need from the experience and diversity, I don't know what its like in the U.S. but the highest paid and most popular in 'working' circles here were the guy's who could uptake quick, be good on a personal level, and play....those Qual's (if you like) were the most considered, I studied in London for 3 years (I lived there 16), I can't say all the education was useful, but the people I met and their own view/experiences were a great opener to 'street level' inroads...and then into better/enjoyable circles....IMO that's how it went for me

Work as a musician is a very different world, in many ways IME, prep yourself

I should add, I didn't get anything there I couldn't have got from a good tutor on a musical/playing level.

 

http://www.etsu.edu/

 

hey my etsu brother! whats up! Dont mean to high jack, but how is the upright teacher at ETSU? I was thinking of switching over from electric

 

Btw roy wooten is having a concert at the culp center at 7:30. Bassist is using a beautiful Nordy. You should come check it out

 

I dunno, my school is beating the snot out of me until I can do anything anyone asks me to do on my instrument at a moments notice. By the end of this I am going to be ready for commercial work of any kind. If they give me a piece of music, I need to be ready to record it on the first take in ten minutes. What THAT'S worth, I don't know.

 

Finish your current degree and then move to Nashville and jump in. The sooner you get started the better off you'll be and the better long term contacts you'll make. You'll probably meet some of the best session players in the world who would be more than happy to teach you mandolin and upright bass for a fraction of what the University would charge. And I'll bet they'd be full of war stories and advice to steer a budding career.

 

Cool man look me up when you get here. Im a vocal major hoping to take some upright lessons on the side. Ill show ya around campus/ Johnson CIty

 

I dont get to gig very much, so i dont know how easy it is to get work. But it is a small town. However a killer banjo mandolin player will probly able to find refuge in a country/blue grass band without to much problem after all this is the south

For better info on the gig scene contact fretman4god. Hes a killer bassist in this area!
If you like shoot me a PM and ill talk to him a bit about it.

I love the vocal department here at etsu There are some awesome professors floating around here.. Unfortuantly the spelling department is lacking

 

Oh and i hear the upright teacher is a big recording guy, and was doing some recording gig in africa not to long back

 

As far as the music scene in the Tri-Cities, Its not that great.....

If you wanna make some real money in music you can't do it here...The upright teacher from ETSU even told me that

 

If you just want to do it to learn, then keep at it.