Turning pro: Classic or Dud?

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I've been offered a spot in a professional church choir in Boston. I'm very excited but also a little nervous; there are onl 18 singers in the group and if I make any mistakes, it will stick out BADLY. On the plus side, I might get to do some solo work, depending on what concerts we're doing this year and what the other three basses are looking for as far as singing is concerned.

What have your experiences been with getting paid to do a beloved hobby? Has it been positive or negative? Would you do it again? Are you still doing it? Most importanty, do you feel the same passion for the hobby now that it's bringing in a paycheck?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 August 2002 11:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought this would be a thread about selling yr skanky body for crack

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 26 August 2002 11:23 (twenty-three years ago)

(MY PLAN IS WORKING!)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 August 2002 11:24 (twenty-three years ago)

How fortunate!

What have your experiences been with getting paid to do a beloved hobby?

In my case, getting paid to listen to music and talk about it = classic. I say give it a shot and see what happens! You won't know until it's been attempted.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 August 2002 13:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Happened to me: I was producing a fanzine about comics and it gradually started making money, then I was hired (with my mag) on a pro basis and I made the most money I ever had, up to then. It was fantastic, though my new boss was an arsehole - there are often things to put up with as downsides to the money. Still, few of us are lucky enough to make a living (it's not clear to me whether your singing will do that) doing something we would do for fun, so grab it with both hands is my advice, for what that's worth.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Sadly, it wouldn't be "a living" unless said living was done in a cardboard box. Still, it's a step in the right direction...

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

congratualtions dan!

― di smith (lucylurex), Monday, 26 August 2002 19:39 (twenty-three years ago)

What a letdown, I thought Dan was finally selling his body to the night.

Congratulations Dan! I wouldn't worry too much about making mistakes - they wouldn't have offered it to you if they didn't think you were capable of the job.

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 26 August 2002 19:50 (twenty-three years ago)

five years pass...

Looking back on this now, I am amused I that I was so terrified/intimidated by this group.

― HI DERE, Monday, 12 November 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

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