Comments on: A Long and Winding Road http://songtaneous.com/blog/a-long-and-winding-road/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:45:29 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Songtaneous » Passion Pays the Bills: Deciding http://songtaneous.com/blog/a-long-and-winding-road/#comment-2434 Songtaneous » Passion Pays the Bills: Deciding Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:50:13 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-2434 [...] example, when deciding to change my entire life by returning to school, it took me a long (long, long) time and a lot of steps to get [...] [...] example, when deciding to change my entire life by returning to school, it took me a long (long, long) time and a lot of steps to get [...]

]]> By: Sarah M. Greer http://songtaneous.com/blog/a-long-and-winding-road/#comment-1314 Sarah M. Greer Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:48:02 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-1314 Hi Jacob, I'm so glad you're reading and shared so much of your own journey. (It's not so scary if we talk about it, right? *smile*) Meeting kindred spirits like you is one of the great gifts I received at McNally. The saying in my grandmother's family was "You'll never get a hunchback from carrying around an education." Here's to fulfillment AND making a living doing what we love. singingly, sg Hi Jacob,

I’m so glad you’re reading and shared so much of your own journey. (It’s not so scary if we talk about it, right? *smile*)

Meeting kindred spirits like you is one of the great gifts I received at McNally. The saying in my grandmother’s family was “You’ll never get a hunchback from carrying around an education.”

Here’s to fulfillment AND making a living doing what we love.

singingly,
sg

]]> By: Jacob Cremer http://songtaneous.com/blog/a-long-and-winding-road/#comment-1281 Jacob Cremer Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:57:20 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-1281 I had a similar experience. I initially visited Music Tech in 1999, but stayed in Wisconsin to study graphic design. After a trip down another path I got the urge to look up the school again in 2005, shortly after it was changed to McNally Smith. When I visited then, I knew it was a direction I needed to to take. It was one of those things where I thought to myself, "This is something I could have gone through life not even knowing about." Or not experiencing. I'm of course 27 now, which is old considering some of my fellow graduates are now 20. But as I get older, youth becomes less important. The music business I was aware of growing up looks like it's on the verge of collapse. Likewise, being employed is no-longer the "safe" path. We might as well be doing the job we want, the way we want to do it. In 5th grade I said that in 2007 I would be an architect. It seems so funny to me. Most people never realize their childhood dream, and here I am aiming higher. Actually, the truth is that I didn't believe that I could do music back then. I really think it's so important that people just go and do what they really WANT to do. Not just what they think they CAN. I had a comfortable job, but was unfulfilled. So I told myself that I would rather fail than settle for boredom. So here I am after graduating, no job, my loans are about to default, and I still know I'm in a better place than if I traveled down that other road. If you like music, there's a good chance McNally has something to offer you. And my mom always told me that it's a better investment than just a nice car. Anyways, that's the attitude that got us this far, so let's keep going. People seem to focus on the employment rates of college graduates. It's really not the same in music. I felt bad for a while about not having a lot going on, but my peers are all struggling too. Yet we all have minor prospects, which means there's definitely something to go on. I had a similar experience. I initially visited Music Tech in 1999, but stayed in Wisconsin to study graphic design. After a trip down another path I got the urge to look up the school again in 2005, shortly after it was changed to McNally Smith. When I visited then, I knew it was a direction I needed to to take. It was one of those things where I thought to myself, “This is something I could have gone through life not even knowing about.” Or not experiencing. I’m of course 27 now, which is old considering some of my fellow graduates are now 20. But as I get older, youth becomes less important. The music business I was aware of growing up looks like it’s on the verge of collapse. Likewise, being employed is no-longer the “safe” path. We might as well be doing the job we want, the way we want to do it.

In 5th grade I said that in 2007 I would be an architect. It seems so funny to me. Most people never realize their childhood dream, and here I am aiming higher. Actually, the truth is that I didn’t believe that I could do music back then.

I really think it’s so important that people just go and do what they really WANT to do. Not just what they think they CAN. I had a comfortable job, but was unfulfilled. So I told myself that I would rather fail than settle for boredom.

So here I am after graduating, no job, my loans are about to default, and I still know I’m in a better place than if I traveled down that other road. If you like music, there’s a good chance McNally has something to offer you. And my mom always told me that it’s a better investment than just a nice car.

Anyways, that’s the attitude that got us this far, so let’s keep going. People seem to focus on the employment rates of college graduates. It’s really not the same in music. I felt bad for a while about not having a lot going on, but my peers are all struggling too. Yet we all have minor prospects, which means there’s definitely something to go on.

]]> By: Sarah M. Greer http://songtaneous.com/blog/a-long-and-winding-road/#comment-1260 Sarah M. Greer Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:57:25 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-1260 Hi Joanna, Thanks for your encouragement and for taking time to comment. As to the pink sequins ... Well, you know they say blogging is all about transparency! *smile* singingly, sg Hi Joanna,

Thanks for your encouragement and for taking time to comment.

As to the pink sequins … Well, you know they say blogging is all about transparency! *smile*

singingly,
sg

]]> By: Joanna http://songtaneous.com/blog/a-long-and-winding-road/#comment-1255 Joanna Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:18:36 +0000 http://songtaneous.com/blog/?p=1129#comment-1255 Enjoy the journey, and keep increasing the joy. (Pink?! Sequins?? That is sooo not what I would expect.) Enjoy the journey, and keep increasing the joy.

(Pink?! Sequins?? That is sooo not what I would expect.)

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