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CHAPTER 1
Music Degree... What Now?
CHAPTER 1 - TEXT EXCERPT
I held a newly minted music degree in my hands from Brigham Young University. Generous donors and hard work made it possible for me to attend college on academic scholarships. Someday I hoped to endow a scholarship of my own. But after posing for pictures in a rented black gown and tasseled cap, all I could afford for graduation celebration was a medium Dominos pizza. Money was scarce, and the future was uncertain.
For my senior project, I had composed, arranged, and produced a solo pop album called Take A Chance. I hoped that album would jump start a promising career after graduation. I ordered 1,000 cassette copies of the album, but had little success in selling them. I had no plan B for making different kinds of original music that might be marketable. But rent does not wait on epiphany.
The world does not beat a path to the door of most music school graduates. Rather, the opposite is true. Musicians have to beat their own paths to wherever they hope to go. After my graduation, I beat many different paths in my efforts to alchemize a music education into a living wage…
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CHAPTER 1 - PHOTO GALLERY
The author's graduation from Brigham Young University (Music Recording and Production program) / Solo piano gigs / Cruise ship gigs with Pamela / Pop music recording dreams / Music for advertising clients
CHAPTER 1 - MUSIC GALLERY
