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I’ve never tried recording a student’s lesson, but I think it could be a useful tool.

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There’s a limit to what any technician can do to alter the way the pedals feel.

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Julieanne-

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Several people, including myself, have mentioned ‘fallback plans’ as part of making career and advanced education decisions.

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Kreig- I finally managed to stop laughing long enough to write this.

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If I can throw something from my own experience in here. After 10 years of very intensive study, from the age of 18 to 28, I realized that an orchestra position, (which I thought I was training for at the time) was not going to happen.

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I love the discussion this has generated, and I hope more people put their opinions here as well.

I understand entirely the philosophical approach to this question.

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Alex- Tell me what you see yourself doing to make a living 10 years from now?

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Saul- I think your post has a lot of good points, particularly in the first half.

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Hi Hugh- I understand everything that you are saying, and there is something to be said for the all encompassing, full time immersion in music that a musical degree program allows.

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I’ll repeat a story here that I know I posted someplace else on this site.

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I have an idea where I can find it.

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Yes, you should avoid cutting and pasting.

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Tony’s advice is excellent and I second it.

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If I read between the lines of your original post correctly, I think that this mother is a narcissistic personality.

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