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The interviewee was afraid to perform. It was difficult to find time for things like that, and also difficult to pull off. They wished they had learned to teach music, as they had never anticipated that only performing might be tough ([T]hat makes it more difficult, if you can’t diversify,” they stated). Currently, they are trying their best to make performance work out for them.

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I asked them if being a musician was difficult. And I got the answer that I assumed, which was yes, because it is difficult to pursue what you are truly passionate about and making a dollar from it too. They said that the ideal route from a degree in violin performance is to perform. But they said that was scary. What makes it even more difficult, is if you sound the same as other performers. (“…as you were saying earlier, you’ve heard that its difficult and that makes it more difficult, if you can’t diversify.”) They said that a path down pedagogy was a possible route too, if they had gone back, but performance is their main focus.

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David was stuck in a tough spot right now.  As a college graduate with a degree in violin performance, he obviously wanted to be a performer on stage. His major provided the option of him teaching violin, which was something he had little interest in. However, even though that’s not what he wanted to do, his hope of performing wasn’t working out so well for him. “You’ve heard that it’s difficult and that makes it more difficult, if you can’t diversify. And I could teach if I wanted to, I think. But I am still trying to focus on performance,” he said.  Flexibility is one of the keys to a good and prosperous life, and David was starting to learn it the hard way.

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The process of being a musician is hard. As he explained, “It is scary, and it’s hard and the amount of effort that you put in as a music major, there’s not really a good comparison to any other major.”. He then talks on how unsatisfying achieving goals as a musician is really difficult to achieve because there are other musicians that are much better than the majority of musicians and that makes it hard to achieve a career in performing in music. He explains that he didn’t want to teach music (and still doesn’t want to). But if he was to do music school again, he would have done it. 

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The process of being a musician is hard. As he explained, “It is scary, and it’s hard and the amount of effort that you put in as a music major, there’s not really a good comparison to any other major.”. He then talks on how unsatisfying achieving goals as a musician is really difficult to achieve because there are other musicians that are much better than the majority of musicians and that makes it hard to achieve a career in performing in music. He explains that he didn’t want to teach music (and still doesn’t want to). But if he was to do music school again, he would have done it. 

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Saul Hudson had gone to music school and wanted to only study performance in music. Although to him performing is also scary. He didn’t want to study pedagogy but looking back on it he wishes he had because life as a musical performer is very hard. There is a small chance of being extremely successful in this business. But still he “[is] still trying to focus on performance” instead of teaching. Although teaching might be something he has to do as he says, “I think its something that almost everyone has to do.”

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Saul Hudson had gone to music school and wanted to only study performance in music. Although to him performing is also scary. He didn’t want to study pedagogy but looking back on it he wishes he had because life as a musical performer is very hard. There is a small chance of being extremely successful in this business. But still he “[is] still trying to focus on performance” instead of teaching. Although teaching might be something he has to do as he says, “I think its something that almost everyone has to do.”

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The challenges of earning a degree in violin performance are abundant. The fear of not succeeding solely as a performer and consequently facing financial challenges is compounded by an inability to teach as a fall back profession, if one refused to pursue courses in pedagogy, such as Moon Unit. This being the case, most music majors do. The one’s who don’t (“they’re not hanging around UNM. They’re going to Curtis or Juliard”), they have guaranteed themselves careers in performance by attending a more prestigious university. Yet Moon Unit persists, and has yet to resign themselves to the academia fate of most musicians.

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The interviewee states that it scary, the thought of not being able to make it as a music major. They don’t really want to teach, but performing is a difficult stand-alone career, and one must be able to do multiple things (“…you’ve heard that its difficult and that makes it more difficult, if you can’t diversify,” he explained). It’s hard to make it in that field in a smaller college, so ultimately it boils down to whether one will perform and take the chance of not getting very far, or teaching and having a semi-secure livelihood. 

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The interviewee states that it scary, the thought of not being able to make it as a music major. They don’t really want to teach, but performing is a difficult stand-alone career, and one must be able to do multiple things (“…you’ve heard that its difficult and that makes it more difficult, if you can’t diversify,” he explained). It’s hard to make it in that field in a smaller college, so ultimately it boils down to whether one will perform and take the chance of not getting very far, or teaching and having a semi-secure livelihood. 

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Grape #1 (Interviewee) went to school for music. They went into school with a determination. They knew they didn’t want to end up like everyone else that went to school for music, a music teacher, inspiring the nest generation of music teachers. (“No, I only want to perform,” he stated) He wanted to be a musician. He wanted to play his music and not settle into being a teacher of music. It seems as though he still holds onto that ideal to this day. He still wants to be a performer and he still doesn’t want to settle into teaching.

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Grape #1 (Interviewee) went to school for music. They went into school with a determination. They knew they didn’t want to end up like everyone else that went to school for music, a music teacher, inspiring the nest generation of music teachers. (“No, I only want to perform,” he stated) He wanted to be a musician. He wanted to play his music and not settle into being a teacher of music. It seems as though he still holds onto that ideal to this day. He still wants to be a performer and he still doesn’t want to settle into teaching.

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He was very determined to have his music career based solely on performing. In his time studying at UNM, he struggled with whether he should tale pedagogy or not. Initially the interviewee thought, “No, I only want to perform”. He realized that pedagogy is something that he had to do. He wasn’t going to some elite violin training in Julliard or Curtis, he was studying as UNM. Taking a pedagogy class is something that will help him and make him appear as a more diverse violinist.

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A degree in violin performance doesn’t help to make much money unless there is an option for someone with said degree to be an actual performer. Regarding music, teaching can be a much easier and successful career path for a skilled music (“I guess if I were to do it again, performance and pedagogy”). While performing is considerably more glamorous than teaching music is a lot more difficult to keep up with.

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A degree in violin performance doesn’t help to make much money unless there is an option for someone with said degree to be an actual performer. Regarding music, teaching can be a much easier and successful career path for a skilled music (“I guess if I were to do it again, performance and pedagogy”). While performing is considerably more glamorous than teaching music is a lot more difficult to keep up with.

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Describing the his “only want to perform,” and not teach people (“difficult and that makes it more difficult, if you can’t diversify. And I could teach if I wanted to, I think. But I am still trying to focus on performance, but I think it’s something that I have to do. I think its something that almost everyone has to do.  ”) . He wants to preform for others and doesn’t want to professionally teach students to make a living. He had to however to not get fired and be a homeless person with out any money and a job because he is spending so much time engaging in other activities.

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Living in a world where everything revolves around the dollar, the interviewee describes how he would redo his music career to more set the world around him. Pedagogy is the study of teaching and if you have a degree in that, you are for sure going to a steady income. Yet, in order to do this, the interviewee would have to give up his dream of performing and playing for his life. (“I know I didn’t want to do pedagogy because I was like ‘no…’ and that makes it more difficult.) People survive physically off of money, but mentally off of doing what they loved. The interviewee is another one stuck in the trap.

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Living in a world where everything revolves around the dollar, the interviewee describes how he would redo his music career to more set the world around him. Pedagogy is the study of teaching and if you have a degree in that, you are for sure going to a steady income. Yet, in order to do this, the interviewee would have to give up his dream of performing and playing for his life. (“I know I didn’t want to do pedagogy because I was like ‘no…’ and that makes it more difficult.) People survive physically off of money, but mentally off of doing what they loved. The interviewee is another one stuck in the trap.

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Being a musician is difficult. After college John was scared. He resented the obvious choice ("I could teach if I wanted to").  John still felt as if he required more skill as a performer, but out of college and with limited resources, it’s hard.  

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Being a musician is difficult. After college John was scared. He resented the obvious choice ("I could teach if I wanted to").  John still felt as if he required more skill as a performer, but out of college and with limited resources, it’s hard.  