I have no idea why or where this "lecture series" I've been producing is coming from, but just go with it.
Yesterday, I was reading an article in Classical Singer about "the business" [of singing]. It's focus: Don't burn bridges, because you never know if/when you will be at their crossing, again. Actually, the entire issue of the magazine had this recurring theme. (This was a big philosophy my dad always preached, too. That, and don't forget to look down the side roads on the highway of life...I certainly seem to take that one literally! haha!) It's true. As the editor quoted from one Cindy Sadler, "It pays to be, and stay, on good terms with people! This is a business of connections and networking." It's a huge world, a big music world, and a small entertainment world, if that makes any sense; there is always someone who knows someone who knows the director of something who knows the teacher of your teacher, etc., etc. Always.
Quoted later by an anonymous tenor, "In this business, you work with someone five or six times over in totally different settings, and the person who laid you off may be the person who hires you somewhere down the line." Attitude doesn't sell, and losing your cool in professional situations isn't cool. Unfortunately, bad impressions die hard, BUT good impressions can live long and prosper. Just some food for thought. :)
Gratitude 328
Piping bags for frosting. You just don't realize how crucial they are to decorating cakes and cookies until you don't have them anymore! What a headache! haha! ;)
*Quotation credits: Classical Singer Magazine, April 2011
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